Positive Discrimination

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  • Created by: A. Person
  • Created on: 11-04-16 17:57
  • non-ideal theory
  • Effort to improve representation of under-represented groups and/or access to goods for marginalised groups, involving favouring candidates on the basis of their membership to the se groups

Forward-Looking Justification

  • Attempts sometimes based on claim that PD will bring about good end.
  • George Sher - identifies and criticises 4 such attempts.

1. Requirement of justice

For groups: switching around group injustice results in new injustice applying to new group, just not on the basis of race.

If respond that racial traits etc more morally salient, our only justification for this is an appeal to past injustice

For individuals: Role-model argument. Witnessing other similar people succeed will revert deeply ingrained negative self image.

But, this depends on role of past injustices -  if culture that led to the development of counterproductive preferences is the…

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