Affirmative Action and Its Criticisms

Flashcards covering key concepts related to affirmative action, its criticisms, and the associated arguments.

The approach to affirmative action that seeks to repair past injustices is known as __.

the righting wrongs approach.

The strategy that emphasizes educational outcomes for diverse student bodies is called __.

the diversity in higher education approach.

Affirmative action is considered __ because it intervenes to help those disadvantaged by society.

interventionist.

Critics argue that it is impossible to right past wrongs by providing benefits to __ members of the same group.

present living.

Institutions are accused of acting unjustly when they provide benefits to a victim by extracting those benefits from __ unrelated to the original harm.

innocent individuals.

Proponents of affirmative action maintain that current members of certain groups are __ disadvantaged due to systemic injustices.

unfairly.

The initial argument for righting wrongs includes the premise that if a member of a group was wrongly deprived of a benefit in the past, institutions should repair this wrong by providing __ to members of that group.

benefits.

The second criticism of righting wrongs highlights that a member of the group who receives the benefit may not be the person who __ the original wrong.

suffered.

The righting wrongs approach requires complex argumentation regarding group __ and group retribution.

responsibility.

According to the diversity in higher education approach, having a diverse student body promotes better __ outcomes for all students.

learning.