PHI 130 Lecture 8: Chapter 18 Notes
9 Apr 2017
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Affirmative action: a way of making amends for, or eradicating, discrimination based on race, ethnicity, and gender. Discrimination: unfavorable treatment of people on irrelevant grounds. Weak affirmative action: the use of policies and procedures to end discriminatory practices and ensure equal opportunity. Strong affirmative action: the use of policies and procedures to favor particular individuals because of their race, gender, or ethnic background. Affirmative action is notorious for touching off strong feelings that evoke simplistic, knee-jerk answers- precisely the kind of answers we want to avoid. Discrimination refers to actions against people based on factors that cannot and should not be used to justify those actions. Ex: failing to hire a qualified person just because she is a woman. Two people should not be treated differently unless there are relevant differences between them- differences that would justify the dissimilar treatment.
