Author

Publication

2011 - Cambridge University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

102,750 words, Guess

Page Count

411 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC305.8
  • LCCHT1521 .B634 2011

Description

"In this book, philosopher David Boonin attempts to answer the moral questions raised by five important and widely contested racial practices: slave reparations, affirmative action, hate speech restrictions, hate crime laws, and racial profiling. Arguing from premises that virtually everyone on both sides of the debates over these issues already accepts, Boonin arrives at an unusual and unorthodox set of conclusions, one that is neither liberal nor conservative, color conscious nor color blind. Defended with the rigor that has characterized his previous work but written in a more widely accessible style, this provocative and important new book is sure to spark controversy and should be of interest to philosophers, legal theorists, and anyone interested in trying to resolve the debate over these important and divisive issues"--

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Other Editions

  • Should race matter?: unusual answers to the usual questionsCambridge University Press2011-01-01

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