POLSC401: Ethics and Public Policy

4.3: Affirmative Action

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Robert Fullinwider's "Affirmative Action" URL

  Read this article.

• U.S. Department of Labor: "Affirmative Action" URL

  Read this article.

• S. Plous' "Ten Myths about Affirmative Action" URL

  Read this article.

• Aristotle's The Politics: Book One and Book Three URL

  Read all of Book One of Aristotle's The Politics. Then, read Chapters 1 through 13 (I through XIII) of Book Three.

• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Cheryl J. Hopwood v. State of Texas URL

  Read the following segments from the US Court of Appeals' decision in the case of Hopwood v. Texas: sections I, II, and III (A.) on pages 1-34. Then, skip ahead and read part VI on pages 67-70. 

• The Supreme Court of the United States: Grutter v. Bollinger URL

  Read the syllabus of Grutter v. Bollinger, in which the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the decision handed down in Hopwood.
  

• Harvard University: Michael Sandel's "Arguing Affirmative Action/What's the Purpose?" Page

  Watch this lecture.