Affirmative action amounts to positive discrimination designed to correct historical injustices against the disadvantaged in the society. Affirmative action main focus is to work on correcting the social injustices by adjusting the characteristics that were used to advance the discrimination. Shaw takes a much more critical approach to affirmative action by giving arguments against affirmative action and then offers rebuttals using moral considerations. One argument Shaw uses to support affirmative action is compensatory, which is the extent to which people are fairly compensated by those who are responsible for perpetuating their disadvantaged position. Shaw feels that just compensation should be proportional to the loss suffered by the victims. The core argument is that perpetrators should compensate victims fairly. On the other hand, Shaw feels that affirmative action is a form of discrimination. In essence, the practice deprives society their rights since it amounts to discrimination. In this case, the previously advantaged ultimately end up becoming victims for no apparent reason because they fall casualty to social policies that are instilled within our
Affirmative action amounts to positive discrimination designed to correct historical injustices against the disadvantaged in the society. Affirmative action main focus is to work on correcting the social injustices by adjusting the characteristics that were used to advance the discrimination. Shaw takes a much more critical approach to affirmative action by giving arguments against affirmative action and then offers rebuttals using moral considerations. One argument Shaw uses to support affirmative action is compensatory, which is the extent to which people are fairly compensated by those who are responsible for perpetuating their disadvantaged position. Shaw feels that just compensation should be proportional to the loss suffered by the victims. The core argument is that perpetrators should compensate victims fairly. On the other hand, Shaw feels that affirmative action is a form of discrimination. In essence, the practice deprives society their rights since it amounts to discrimination. In this case, the previously advantaged ultimately end up becoming victims for no apparent reason because they fall casualty to social policies that are instilled within our