SOSC 2340 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Reverse Discrimination, Ronald Dworkin

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2340
• Professor: Sylvia Peacock

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Step 1: (cid:858)(cid:271)rai(cid:374)stor(cid:373)i(cid:374)g(cid:859) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)epts asso(cid:272)iated (cid:449)ith (cid:858)re(cid:448)erse dis(cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374)(cid:859) Step 2: forming the above concepts into rudimentary sentences of phrases: reverse discrimination (rd) connected to aa when aa is used to compensate past wrongs (sandel, pp. Step 2: organizing, refining and editing the above sentences. One justification of affirmative action (aa) is that it compensates for past wrongs committed against racially or religiously marginalised groups a(cid:374)d agai(cid:374)st wo(cid:373)e(cid:374). The (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)pe(cid:374)satory argu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) (cid:894) a(cid:374)del, p: requires that groups, which have previously been marginalised, be given priority, e. g. in admission to university. Opponents of aa say that such compensation merely sustains discrimination but reverses its direction, so that previously privileged groups, e. g. white males, becomes discriminated against. Step 3: the answer above (step 2) is too long and not well organized. Affirmative action (aa) is sometimes justified as a way to compensate for past wrongs committed against racially or religiously marginalised groups and against women.