Equality and Preferential Treatment: A Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader

by Thomas Nagel and T.M. Scanlon

Book Overview

These essays, with one exception originally published in Philosophy & Public Affairs, consider the moral problems associated with improving the social and economic position of disadvantaged groups. If the situation of women and minorities improves so that their opportunities are equal to those of more favored groups, will they then be in a competitive position conducive to equal achievement? If not, can preferential hiring or preferential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691019886
• ISBN13: 9780691019888
• Release Date: August 1977
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.9"