Should Race Matter?: Unusual Answers to the Usual Questions
"David Boonin's Should Race Matter?  is the finest book written on the topic and should be required reading for anyone doing serious research in the field. The book contains new and powerful arguments, a comprehensive discussion of the literature, and is written in an organized and highly readable manner. It is superb. Boonin's analyses of key issues in racial ethics are consistent, compelling, and surprising. For example, his discussion of affirmative action is a unique contribution to the literature and provides an insightful and wide-ranging discussion of the rights- and policy-based arguments both for and against this controversial program. This book, along with his previous books on abortion (A Defense of Abortion) and punishment (The Problem of Punishment), establishes Boonin as one of the most important philosophers in the world today."- Stephen Kershnar, State University of New York at Fredonia"Boonin's treatment of this jaggedly emotional issue is meticulous, sober, and ultimately nonpartisan. There is no posturing, no demonizing - only a profoundly honest logic seldom brought to this topic, or any other."- David Schmidtz, University of Arizona"...This is an important book that will be useful in potentially heated classroom discussions on race and public policy....Highly recommended..."-- T. L. Lott, San Jose State University, CHOICE