RT Article
T1 Discrimination and Disidentification: The Fair-Start Defense of Affirmative Action
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 30
IS 3
SP 277
OP 289
A1 Himma, K. E.
LA English
YR 2001
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785615645
AB The Fair-Start Defense justifies affirmative action preferences as a response to harms caused by race- and sex-based discrimination. Rather than base a justification for preferences on the traditional appeal to self-esteem, I argue they are justified in virtue of the effects institutional discrimination has on the goals and aspirations of its victims. In particular, I argue that institutional discrimination puts women and blacks at an unfair competitive disadvantage by causing academic disidentification. Affirmative action is justified as a means of negating this unfair disadvantage.
K1 Institutional Discrimination
K1 Competitive Disadvantage
K1 Action Preference
K1 Affirmative Action
K1 Economic Growth
DO 10.1023/A:1006401619357