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! Read ^ When Is Discrimination Wrong? by Deborah Hellman ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. When Is Discrimination Wrong? Joshua G. Feldman said The cure for the "I know discrimination when I see it" argument.. "Isn't discrimination always wrong?" That's what people say when they see the deliberately provocative title of this book. Of course in reality the issue isn't so simple. Is it wrong for the FDA to approve a particular drug for African Americans specifically if it addresses a health problems of that population? Is it wrongful discrimination for a nursing home for women to only hire women as attendants? Most
| Title | : | When Is Discrimination Wrong? |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.68 (739 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674060296 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
(Wendy Johnson Times Higher Education Supplement 2008-09-04)Hellman has provided a coherent, thoughtful approach that advances understanding of this intractable problem. (P. In this bold effort to work out when we may morally draw distinctions among people, Deborah Hellman unearths assumptions and unspoken biases that have invisibly corrupted political debates, such as those about affirmative action and the accommodation of the disabled. Hellman's writing is clear and engaging, her examples relevant to the daily lives of manyRead Hellman's book as a very competent spur to thinking through for yourself the issues involved in appropriate and inappropriate discrimination. Although democracy is committed to an ideal of equal treatment, we
Deborah Hellman is D. Lurton Massie Professor of Law and F. Ribble Professor of Law at the University of Virginia Law School. G. D.
Joshua G. Feldman said The cure for the "I know discrimination when I see it" argument.. "Isn't discrimination always wrong?" That's what people say when they see the deliberately provocative title of this book. Of course in reality the issue isn't so simple. Is it wrong for the FDA to approve a particular drug for African Americans specifically if it addresses a health problems of that population? Is it wrongful discrimination for a nursing home for women to only hire women as attendants? Most of us know wrongful discrimination when we see it: separate but equal; blacks forced to sit at the back of the bus; ethnic quotas on immigration; glass ceil. "I thought it would deal with discrimination in general," according to Daniel González. I thought it would deal with discrimination in general, covering different practical cases, but basically the book aims to say that it's wrong to discriminate black people and women. If you already know that then there's not much you could learn from this book. Save your money.
The U.S. She deftly explores the question of how we determine what is in fact demeaning. In this boldly conceived book, Deborah Hellman develops a much-needed general theory of discrimination. Yet the roots of these claims are often left unanalyzed. We routinely draw distinctions among people on the basis of characteristics that they possess or lack. When Is Discrimination Wrong? explores what it means to treat people as equals and thus takes up a central problem of democracy.. A law requires black bus passengers to sit in the back of the bus. While some distinctions are benign, many are morally troubling. Food and Drug Administration approves a drug for use by black heart failure patients. A company avoids hiring women between the ages of 20 and 40. Claims of wrongful discriminati
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