In defense of affirmative action / Leslie Pickering Francis -- Affirmative action and the university : faculty appointment and preferential treatment / Robert L. Simon -- Affirmative action and faculty appointments / Lawrence C. Becker -- What good am I? / Laurence Thomas -- Who "counts" on campus? / Ann Hartle -- Reflections on affirmative action in academia / Robert G. Turnbull -- The injustice of strong affirmative action / John Kekes -- Preferential treatment versus purported meritocratic rights / Richard J. Arneson -- Faculties as civil societies : a misleading model for affirmative action / Jeffrie G. Murphy -- Facing facts and responsibilities : the white man's burden and the burden of proof / Karen Hanson -- Affirmative action : relevant knowledge and relevant ignorance / Joel J. Kupperman -- Remarks on affirmative action / Andrew Oldenquist -- Affirmative action and the multicultural ideal / Philip L. Quinn -- "Affirmative action" in the cultural wars / Frederick A. Olafson -- Quotas by any name : some problems of affirmative action in faculty appointments / Tom L. Beauchamp -- Are quotas sometimes justified? / James Rachels -- Proportional representation of women and minorities / Celia Wolf-Devine -- An ecological concept of diversity / La Verne Shelton -- Careers open to talent / Ellen Frankel Paul -- Some sceptical doubts / Alasdair MacIntyre -- Affirmative action and tenure decisions / Richard T. De George -- Affirmative action and the awarding of tenure / Peter J. Markie -- The case for preferential treatment / James P. Sterba -- Saying what we think / Fred Sommers -- Comments on compromise and affirmative action / Alan H. Goldman
Summary
Philosophical debates on equality in the university