Kan positiv särbehandling rättfärdigas? En normativ analys av etnisk kvotering till juristprogrammet vid Uppsala universitet
(2007)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Whether use of affirmative action can be justified is an ethical dilemma that has
been intensely debated. The question raises several conflict dimensions. The
purpose of this thesis is to separate different arguments of the debate and classify
which principles they are built upon. To accomplish this, an analytical instrument
is created where three different perspectives of equality, and deontology versus
consequentialism, are compared. A third conflict dimension, individual versus
group ethical principles, is also considered. The analytical instrument is
subsequently put to test in a case study. Uppsala University was charged for
discrimination when allocating quotas based on ethnicity during admission to their
law studies. The... (More) - Whether use of affirmative action can be justified is an ethical dilemma that has
been intensely debated. The question raises several conflict dimensions. The
purpose of this thesis is to separate different arguments of the debate and classify
which principles they are built upon. To accomplish this, an analytical instrument
is created where three different perspectives of equality, and deontology versus
consequentialism, are compared. A third conflict dimension, individual versus
group ethical principles, is also considered. The analytical instrument is
subsequently put to test in a case study. Uppsala University was charged for
discrimination when allocating quotas based on ethnicity during admission to their
law studies. The arguments of the different parties of the case are analysed.
The analytical instrument showed to be fruitful when analysing the arguments
of this issue. The analysis showed that the answer of the question whether
affirmative action can be justified depends on what perception of equality, and to
some extent of the other ethical principles, the debater advocates. The arguments
of different sides in the Uppsala-case were based on different definitions of
equality. An interesting result was that two of three parties in the case seemed to
be inconsistent in the perception of equality. (Less)
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- author
- Hemmingsson, Fanny
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2007
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- positiv särbehandling, kvotering, jämlikhet, etnicitet, etik, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1319403
- date added to LUP
- 2008-01-07 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2008-01-30 00:00:00
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abstract = {{Whether use of affirmative action can be justified is an ethical dilemma that has
been intensely debated. The question raises several conflict dimensions. The
purpose of this thesis is to separate different arguments of the debate and classify
which principles they are built upon. To accomplish this, an analytical instrument
is created where three different perspectives of equality, and deontology versus
consequentialism, are compared. A third conflict dimension, individual versus
group ethical principles, is also considered. The analytical instrument is
subsequently put to test in a case study. Uppsala University was charged for
discrimination when allocating quotas based on ethnicity during admission to their
law studies. The arguments of the different parties of the case are analysed.
The analytical instrument showed to be fruitful when analysing the arguments
of this issue. The analysis showed that the answer of the question whether
affirmative action can be justified depends on what perception of equality, and to
some extent of the other ethical principles, the debater advocates. The arguments
of different sides in the Uppsala-case were based on different definitions of
equality. An interesting result was that two of three parties in the case seemed to
be inconsistent in the perception of equality.}},
author = {{Hemmingsson, Fanny}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Kan positiv särbehandling rättfärdigas? En normativ analys av etnisk kvotering till juristprogrammet vid Uppsala universitet}},
year = {{2007}},
}