Born free and equal? : a philosophical inquiry into the nature of discrimination / Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen.
Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper, 1964-
2014
HM821 .L57 2014 (Mapit)
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Title Born free and equal? : a philosophical inquiry into the nature of discrimination / Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen.
Author Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper, 1964-
ISBN 9780199796113 hardcover alkaline paper
0199796114 hardcover alkaline paper
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Copyright ©2014
Language English
Description xii, 317 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number HM821 .L57 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 305
Summary "What is discrimination? There are certain instances of differential treatment that almost anyone would describe as discriminatory; yet upon deeper examination, this near-unanimity gives way to disagreement and difference. For instance, is it discrimination when hospitals hire non-smokers only? Not only do people differ on which cases of differential treatment they see as discriminatory, they also disagree about when discrimination is morally wrong; what makes it morally wrong; and, indeed, about whether all forms of discrimination are morally wrong! Finally, many disagree over what should be done about wrongful discrimination--especially about what the state could permissibly do to eliminate wrongful discrimination, e.g. in people's love lives. This book addresses these issues. It argues that there are different concepts of discrimination and that different purposes pertaining to different contexts determine which one is the most useful. It gives special attention to a concept of discrimination that ties discrimination to differential treatment of people on the basis of their membership in socially salient groups. Second, it argues that when discrimination is wrong, it is so first and foremost because of its harmful effects. Third, it takes issue with some of the standard devices used to counteract discrimination and submits that combating discrimination requires more than state actions. Finally, it argues that states may sometimes permissibly discriminate."--book jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index.
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Introduction
What is discrimination?
Indirect discrimination
Statistical discrimination
Mental-state-based accounts
Objective-meaning accounts
Harm-based accounts
Discrimination and the aim of proportional representation
Discrimination in punishment
Reaction qualifications
Discrimination in the private sphere
Racial profiling.

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