Earth Sciences 2240F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Robert Nozick, Whistleblower, Deontological Ethics
3 Apr 2018
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Treating a person differently based on a salient social. Discrimination on the basis of relevant qualities people don"t deserve dis/advantages for natural we are all capable of experiencing pleasure and pain favouring members of a disadvantaged group who currently. 2: disadvantage is based on membership in a salient social group. Kant on discrimination group is insulting to a persons dignity as an individual. Justified discrimination e. g. not hiring a person in a wheel chair as a fire fighter. Unjustified discrimination discrimination on the basis of irrelevant qualities e. g. not hiring a person as a fire fighter because they"re black. John rawls on discrimination endowments (e. g. athletic skill or intellect), they are a result of the natural lottery. Robert nozick on discrimination our natural endowments are part of who we are; we own them and the dis/advantages that come from them. Affirmative action suffer (or historically have suffered) from discrimination within a particular culture.
