9780198732877-0198732872-Discrimination and Disrespect (Oxford Philosophical Monographs)

Discrimination and Disrespect (Oxford Philosophical Monographs)

ISBN-13: 9780198732877
ISBN-10: 0198732872
Edition: 1
Author: Benjamin Eidelson
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 240 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780198732877
ISBN-10: 0198732872
Edition: 1
Author: Benjamin Eidelson
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 240 pages

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Discrimination and Disrespect (Oxford Philosophical Monographs) (ISBN-13: 9780198732877 and ISBN-10: 0198732872), written by authors Benjamin Eidelson, was published by Oxford University Press in 2016. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Discrimination and Disrespect (Oxford Philosophical Monographs) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.36.

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Everyone agrees that discrimination can be a grave moral wrong. Yet this consensus masks fundamental disagreements about what makes something an act of discrimination, as well as precisely why (and hence when) such acts are wrong. In Discrimination and Disrespect, Benjamin Eidelson develops illuminating philosophical answers to these two questions. Discrimination is intrinsically wrong, Eidelson argues, when it manifests disrespect for the personhood of those it disfavours. He offers an original account of what such disrespect amounts to, explaining how attention to two different facets of moral personhood -- equality and autonomy -- ought to guide our judgments about wrongful discrimination. At the same time, however, Eidelson contends that many forms of discrimination are morally impeachable only on account of their contingent effects. The book concludes with a discussion of the moral arguments against racial profiling -- a practice that exemplifies how controversial forms of discrimination can be morally wrong without being intrinsically so.

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