02369nam a22002297a 450000500170000000800420001702000180005904000070007704100120008408200200009610000260011624500480014226000530019030000260024352014240026952102260169365000180191970000280193794200120196599900190197795201430199620230717095106.0230714b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d9  a9780415385374  cAL  aEnglish  223a305.8bEDMC  aDavid Edmonds9127260  aCaste Wars : A Philosophy of Discrimination  aLondonbRoutledge Taylor and Francis Groupc2006  a145 p.bHBc23x16 cm.  aThe central topic for this book is the ethics of treating individuals as though they are members of groups. The book raises many interesting questions, including:
Why do we feel so much more strongly about discrimination on certain grounds – e.g. of race and sex - than discrimination on other grounds? Are we right to think that discrimination based on these characteristics is especially invidious?
What should we think about ‘rational discrimination’ – ‘discrimination’ which is based on sound statistics?
To take just one of dozens of examples from the book. Suppose a landlord turns away a prospective tenant, because this prospective tenant is of a particular ethnicity – arguing that statistics show that one in four of this group have been shown in the past to default on their rent. That seems clearly unfair to people of this ethnicity. But we are routinely being judged in this way – not just on the basis of our ethnicity, but assumptions are made about us and decisions taken about us based on our gender, religion, job, post-code, hobbies, blood-group, nationality, etc. Now suppose that another landlord turns away a convicted criminal, arguing that one in four of convicted criminals have been shown to be unreliable rent payers. Is our intuition the same as before? Should it be?
This book is suitable for all students of philosophy, especially those with an interest in applied ethics.  aTable of Contents
1. What is a Group?  2. Groups and Numbers  3. Corporate Racism  4. The Best White Man for the Job  5. Big Ears, Small Ears and Affirmative Action  6. Home Alone  7. Serpentine Monstrosities.  Conclusion  aCaste9126893  aEDMONDS (David)9126894  2ddccDB  c227864d227864  00102ddc40708SOCaALbALd2023-06-30l0o305.8 EDMCpD06066r2023-07-14 00:00:00v12760.00w2023-07-14yDBzDonated by V. T. Rajshekar