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050 00 $aJC599.U5$bK447 2004
082 00 $a323.173$222
100 1 $aKershnar, Stephen.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001091111
245 10 $aJustice for the past /$cStephen Kershnar.
260 $aAlbany :$bState University of New York Press,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $axii, 158 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aSUNY series in American constitutionalism
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 131-155) and index.
505 00 $tCivil rights laws --$g1.$tThe most qualified applicant --$tStrong affirmative action --$g2.$tStrong affirmative - action programs at state institutions --$g3.$tUncertain damages to racial minorities and strong affirmative action --$tReparations for slavery --$g4.$tThe inheritance-based claim to reparations --$g5.$tReject the inheritance-based claim to reparations --$tProper respect --$g6.$tIntrinsic moral value and racial differences --$tEducational diversity --$g7.$tExperiential diversity.
520 1 $a"Among the most controversial issues in the United States is the question of whether public or private agencies should adopt preferential treatment programs or be required to pay reparations for slavery. Using a carefully reasoned philosophical approach, Stephen Kershnar argues that programs such as affirmative action and calls for slavery reparations are unjust for three reasons. First, the state has a duty to direct resources to those persons who, through their abilities, will benefit most from them. Second, he argues that, in the case of slavery, past injustice - where both the victims and perpetrators are long dead - cannot ground current claims to compensation. As terrible as slavery was, those who claim a right to compensation today owe their existence to it, he reasons, and since the events that bring about a person's existence are normally thought to be beneficial, past injustices do not warrant compensation. Finally, even if past injustices were allowed to serve as the basis of compensation in the present, other variables prevent a reasonable estimation of the amount owed."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aMinorities$xCivil rights$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010102021
650 0 $aWomen's rights$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147769
650 0 $aMinorities$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWomen$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010118878
650 0 $aAffirmative action programs$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100496
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xReparations.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00010105
830 0 $aSUNY series in American constitutionalism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96107739
852 00 $bleh$hJC599.U5$iK447 2004