PHIL 160 Lecture 16: Phil Lecture 18 Nov 2015
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Preferential affirmative action: a policy which bumps up members of some group, for reasons interdependent of competence e. g. geographic preference group, for reasons interdependent of competence e. g. geographic preference e. g. veteran preference. The merit principle (v1): the most qualified applicant should get the position. Worry: private institutions should able to hire whoever they want, for whatever reasons they want. The meir principle (v2): at public institutions, the mos qualified applicant should get the position. Note 1: rules out racial and gender paa. Note 2: rules out legacy, geographic, and veteran paa. The nondiscrimination principle (v1): at public institutions, one shouldn"t discriminate between applicants when making hiring/admission decisions. Worry: np (v1) would forbid hiring more competent applicants. The nondiscrimination principle (v2): at public institutions one shouldn"t discriminate on the basis of race or gender when making hiring/admission decisions. Worry: np (v2) rules out favoring female applicants to play female ports.
