ronald f. white, ph.d. professor of philosophy college of mount st. joseph
Post on 31-Dec-2015
38 Views
Preview:
DESCRIPTION
TRANSCRIPT
Ronald F. White, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
College of Mount St. Joseph
• General Electric’s Appliance Park
Introduction
What is discrimination?
• Unfair treatment of individuals based on group association.
• Forms of Discrimination– Racial discrimination– Sexual discrimination– Age discrimination– Gay Discrimination– Ethnic discrimination
Areas Where Discrimination May Take Place
• Hiring
• Promotion
• Workplace behavior
• Workplace Rules
• Firing
• Justice as Fairness: “Treat equals equally and unequals unequally.”
– Patterned Theories (merit, equality, need, utility)– Unpatterned Theories (procedural justice)
• Opportunity and Barriers– Chance– Reasonable Chance– Guarantee
• Competition– Equality of Opportunity– Equality of Results
Conceptual Framework
• Just Distribution of Social Goods• Individuals and Groups• Sex, Race, Ethnicity
– Natural basis– Social basis
• Role of Government– Public v. private initiatives– Legality v. morality
• Specific Forms of AA– Good Faith– Numerical Quotas
• Merit Tests (SATs, ACTs, Civil Service Tests, etc.)
Issues
• Stakeholder Theorists• Positive Rights
• Rights-Based (Backward Looking: Retribution)• Historical Discrimination– Women– African Americans– Native Americans– Latino-Americans– Retribution (Backward Looking)• Utilitarian Arguments (Forward Looking)– Utility of Diverse Workplace
Arguments in Favor of Affirmative Action
Arguments Against Affirmative Action
• Stockholder Theorists– Liberty of Owners of Company– Negative Rights
• Reverse Discrimination• Problems with Groups• Problems with rectification
– Justice between generations
• Utilitarian Arguments
Small Group Discussion Questions
• What is Affirmative Action?
• What are the moral principles involved?
• Is AA ever morally justified?
• Explain the following:
– Equality
– Discrimination
• Racial, Tribal, Ethnic, Sex, Religious, Class
– Forward-Looking AA
– Backward-Looking AA
– Reverse Discrimination
–
Small Group Questions• Is governmentally enforced affirmative action ever justified?
– Racial Discrimination– Sexual Discrimination– Age Discrimination
• Is reverse discrimination ever morally justified? Is it avoidable?• Are the following employment areas discriminatory? Is affirmative action justified?
– Major League Baseball (Latino Players)– Basketball (African American Players)– Hockey (White Players) – Engineering (China, India, Middle East)– Nursing (female)– Police Departments (males)– Fire Departments (males)– College and University Presidents (white males)– Corporate CEOs (white males)
• Are College and University admission policies sometimes discriminatory? If so, is Affirmative action sometimes justified?
– Primary and Secondary Schools (Public and/or Private)– Colleges and Universities (Public and/or Private, Exclusive and/or non-Exclusive – Are any of the following favorable admissions criteria discriminatory: Athletes, Alumni, Poor
top related