Equality and Preferential Treatment
Subtitle: A "Philosophy and Public Affairs" Reader (Philosophy and Public Affairs Readers)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: August 1, 1977
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780691019888
Subjects: Human rights; Political science & theory; Sociology; General; Discrimination; Reverse discrimination; Philosophy; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Law and legislation; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy-Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Political Philosophy; Political Science / Civil Rights; Political Science and International Relations; Social Science-General; Addresses, essays, lectures; United States; Equality before the law
First sentence: It is currently easier, or widely thought to be easier, to get certain jobs or to gain admission to certain educational institutions if one is black or a woman than if one is a white man.