Affirmative Action and Racial Preferences: A Debate Book

	Preface 1
	Preface 2
	Cases
Sect. 1	Why Race Preference is Wrong and Bad
	Prologue: Wrongness and Badness	3
1	Equality as a Moral Ideal	7
2	Affirmative Action	12
3	Race Preference: The Transformation of Affirmative Action	15
4	Race Preference Is Morally Wrong	23
5	Race Preference Is Against the Law	46
6	Race Preference Violates the Constitution	72
7	Race Preference Is Bad for the Minorities Preferred	109
8	Race Preference Is Bad for the Universities that Give Preference	130
9	Race Preference Is Bad for Society as a Whole	164
	Epilogue: The Future of Race Preference	181
Sect. 2	Defending Affirmative Action, Defending Preferences
1	A Legal History of Affirmative Action in the United States	191
2	A Definition of Affirmative Action	199
3	A Defense of Outreach Affirmative Action	204
4	A Defense of Remedial Affirmative Action	206
5	Remedial Affirmative Action and the U.S. Supreme Court	213
6	Racial Discrimination v. Sexual Discrimination	226
7	A Better Standard of Proof for Remedial Affirmative Action	230
8	A Defense of Diversity Affirmative Action	241
9	Objections to Affirmative Action	251
10	Affirmative Action outside the United States	273
	Conclusion	276
Sect. 3	Reply to James P. Sterba
Sect. 4	Reply to Carl Cohen
Sect. 5	Comments on the Supreme Court Decision
	Bibliography	365
	Index	371