Affirmative Action and Racial Preferences: A Debate

by Carl Cohen and James P. Sterba

Book Overview

Racial preferences are among the most contentious issues in our society, touching on fundamental questions of fairness and the proper role of racial categories in government action. Now two contemporary philosophers, in a lively debate, lay out the arguments on each side.
Carl Cohen, a key figure in the University of Michigan Supreme Court cases, argues that racial preferences are morally wrong--forbidden by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195148940
• ISBN13: 9780195148947
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.5" x 5.8"