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Discrimination

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy·Anthony Sangiuliano·about 2 months ago
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1. Method This entry focuses on the moral philosophy of discrimination as a branch of normative ethics or political theory. This area of philosophical inquiry is intertwined with legal scholarship since the concept of discrimination appears prominently in legal systems around the world. But it is distinct from the philosophy of antidiscrimination law , a branch of normative jurisprudence that aims to illuminate the justifications for legal practices of antidiscrimination or identify opportunities for law reform. The data against which a moral theory of discrimination is tested are ordinary moral intuitions about discrimination. The data against which a theory of antidiscrimination law is tested are legal norms. For example, Khaitan has developed an account of the purpose of antidiscrimination law that is meant to justify the law’s main features across commonwealth jurisdictions.…

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