The Affirmative Action Debate

Introduction: Steven M. Cahn I. INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND DISCRIMINATION 1. Discrimination and Morally Relevant Characteristics: James W. Nickel 2. Inverse Discrimination: J. L. Cowan 3. Reparations to Wronged Groups: Michael D. Bayles 4. Reverse Discrimination and Contemporary Justice: Paul W. Taylor 5. Reverse Discrimination: William A. Nunn III 6. Should Reparations Be to Individuals or to Groups?: James W. Nickel 7. Reparations to Individuals or Groups?: Alan H. Goldman 8. What's Wrong with Discrimination?: Paul Woodruff II. JUSTICE AND COMPENSATION 9. Preferential Hiring: Judith Jarvis Thomson 10. Preferential Hiring: A Reply to Judith Jarvis Thomson: Robert Simon 11. Justifying Reverse Discrimination in Employment: George Sher 12. Preferential Hiring and Compensation: Robert K. Fullinwider 13. Compensatory Justice: The Question of Costs: Robert Amdur III. THE BAKKE CASE 14. Who Are Equals?: Carl Cohen 15. Bakke's Case: Are Quotas Unfair?: Ronald Dworkin 16. What Did Bakke Really Decide?: Ronald Dworkin 17. Equality, Diversity, and Good Faith: Carl Cohen IV. DIVERSITY 18. In Defense of Affirmative Action: Barbara R. Bergmann 19. The Role Model Argument and Faculty Diversity: Anita L. Allen 20. Proportional Representation of Women and Minorities: Celia Wolf-Devine 21. The Meaning of Merit: William G. Bowen and Derek Bok 22. Does Your Merit Depend on Your Race?: A Rejoinder to Bowen and Bok: Stephan Thernstrom and Abigail Thernstrom 23. Diversity: George Sher V. PREFERENCE OR IMPARTIALITY? 24. In Favor of Affirmative Action: Tom L. Beauchamp 25. Reverse Discrimination: Sidney Hook About the Authors Bibliographical Note