An Aristotelian Defence of Affirmative Action: Alasdair MacIntyre, Sandra Day O'Connor and "Grutter v. Bollinger"

Autor/inn/en	Dhingra, Neil; Scribner, Campbell
Titel	An Aristotelian Defence of Affirmative Action: Alasdair MacIntyre, Sandra Day O'Connor and "Grutter v. Bollinger"
Quelle	In: Journal of Philosophy of Education, 55 (2021) 1, S.83-98 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8249
DOI	10.1111/1467-9752.12487
Schlagwörter	Court Litigation; College Admission; Affirmative Action; Judges; Diversity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rechtsstreit; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Judge; Richter
Abstract	We argue that Alasdair MacIntyre's description of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as an exemplar of practical reasoning, who envisions the contextual and consensual balancing of different goods according to the further good of the American social order, enables a reinterpretation of O'Connor's majority opinion in "Grutter v. Bollinger," the landmark affirmative action decision. "Grutter" has been criticised for arbitrarily claiming that diversity is a compelling governmental interest, giving excessive deference to university admissions offices, and including a sunset provision. These criticisms, we argue, are weakened if the decision and the meaning of 'diversity' are reinterpreted through a neo-Aristotelian lens. Further, looking at "Grutter," we defend O'Connor from MacIntyre's criticism that she cannot radically critique the American social order. (As Provided).
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