English Question

Question 11 pts

Label the following examples of arguments regarding Preferential Treatment as appealing to considerations of Justice (J), or to Consequentialist considerations (C)

We ought to make it up to those who have been victims of discrimination by giving them special consideration in hiring and admissions.

Question 21

Affirmative action programs presume that past discrimination and its resulting present disadvantage are relevant reasons for differential treatment.

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Question 31
Label the following examples of arguments regarding Preferential Treatment
as appealing to considerations of Justice (J), or to Consequentialist considerations (C)

Just as race or sex were wrongly used in the past to treat people differently, so also is their use just as inherently wrong in present form in preferential treatment programs.

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By using race or sex to favor some groups we are using an irrelevant characteristic and this is not right.

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What was the significance of the Bakke decision and the University of Michigan cases?

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Label the following examples of arguments regarding Preferential Treatment as appealing to considerations of Justice (J), or to Consequentialist considerations (C)

If young girls and blacks, for example, have more role models in certain professions, they will be more likely to seek those positions, and if this is possible only through affirmative action programs, then we ought to support such programs.

Slavery was prohibited by the Nineteenth Amendment of the U. S. Constitution.

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Label the following examples of arguments regarding Preferential Treatment as appealing to considerations of Justice (J), or to Consequentialist considerations (C)

It is not fair to prefer a woman or minority group member over a more well qualified applicant for this is to use an irrelevant difference as a basis for differential treatment.

12.According to the principle of equality, in order to treat people differently in ways that deny them significant social benefits one need only show that there are real differences between them.

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According to the principle of equality, it is unjust to treat people differently in ways that deny them significant social benefits unless which of the following is demonstrated?

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Which amendment to the US Constitution gave black women the right to vote?

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Label the following examples of arguments regarding Preferential Treatment as appealing to considerations of Justice (J), or to Consequentialist considerations (C)

We ought to realize that if we continue with programs of preferential treatment there will likely be a white male backlash and this will make it even more difficult to achieve racial or sexual equality.

Arguments for affirmative action based on reasons of compensatory justice must show that compensation to members of certain groups is justified.

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All of the following are examples of types of affirmative action except:

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The principle of equality is a nonconsequentialist moral principle.

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Label the following examples of arguments regarding Preferential Treatment as appealing to considerations of Justice (J), or to Consequentialist considerations (C)

If we hire people according to their sex or race, they will have less self-esteem than if they are hired on competence.

Label the following examples of arguments regarding Preferential Treatment as appealing to considerations of Justice (J), or to Consequentialist considerations (C)

Simply trying to get rid of overt unjust discrimination has not had the desired effect of bringing certain groups into the mainstream, and thus more drastic measures are necessary.

21.”It is unjust to treat people differently in ways that deny to some of them significant social benefits unless we can show that there is a difference between them that is relevant to the differential treatment.” This quote supports the principle of

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Label the following examples of arguments regarding Preferential Treatment as appealing to considerations of Justice (J), or to Consequentialist considerations (C)

The fact that some people because of past discrimination are now in a socially disadvantaged position is a relevant reason to treat them differently but now in ways that advantage them.

The U.S. Supreme Court concluded in the Bakke decision that consideration of race in school admissions was unconstitutional.

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The people affected by secondary racism or sexism are

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What was ruled in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education?

That “separate but equal” educational facilities were unconstitutional.

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There are still wide disparities in employment statistics between whites and Blacks in the U.S.

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Label the following examples of arguments regarding Preferential Treatment as appealing to considerations of Justice (J), or to Consequentialist considerations (C)

If programs could be designed so that they would achieve the goal of equality, then they ought to be supported.

30.Which of the following objections to affirmative action programs is raised by consequentialist critics?

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