Exam 12: Equality and Discrimination

How many Americans have physical disabilities?

According to the principle of equality, a society that preferred women for the respected and highly paid position of financial advisor would be justified in doing so if it could be proven that women by nature were more talented in such matters than men.

Label the following examples of arguments regarding Preferential Treatment as appealing to considerations of Justice (J), or to Consequentialist considerations (C) By using race or sex to favor some groups we are using an irrelevant characteristic and this is not right.

Which amendment to the US Constitution gave black women the right to vote?

Affirmative action plans must be adopted by

According to MacKinnon, how many women and children are sent across borders into prostitution each year?

If there are any group differences these will most probably be average differences.

Now that affirmative action has been around since the early 1960s college graduation rates are

Label the following examples of arguments regarding Preferential Treatment as appealing to considerations of Justice (J), or to Consequentialist considerations (C) Simply trying to get rid of overt unjust discrimination has not had the desired effect of bringing certain groups into the mainstream, and thus more drastic measures are necessary.

Affirmative action programs presume that past discrimination and its resulting present disadvantage are relevant reasons for differential treatment.

Label the following examples of arguments regarding Preferential Treatment as appealing to considerations of Justice (J), or to Consequentialist considerations (C) If we hire people according to their sex or race, they will have less self-esteem than if they are hired on competence.