PHL 135 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Consequentialism
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Equality and affirmative action: regents of the university of california v. bakke (1978, alan bakke (a white man) applied for the medical school of the university of california at. The main charge is that preferential treatment on the basis of race, gender, or minority status is always wrong. It is just as immoral when used against white males as it is when used against blacks or womenrace preference violates the principle of human equality. Preference creates that burden; it makes a stigma of the race of those who are preferred by race. An ethnic group given special favor by the community is marked as needing special favor and the mark is borne prominently by every one of its members. (602: nonconsequentialist, for strong affirmative action: historically, minorities (blacks, native americans, But with racial preferences, this direct connection that morality seems to require is missing.
