New topics in applied philosophy what s wrong with lookism

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What is wrong with discriminating on the basis of personal appearance? Andrew Mason considers this question in three contents: employment decisions; the choice of friends or romantic partners; and the everyday practice of judging and commenting upon people's looks.



People are treated differently as a result of their looks. But when is appearance discrimination, or "lookism" as it is often called, morally objectionable? This issue is important for at least two reasons. First, the benefits that flow to people who are regarded as visually attractive are sizeable and are enjoyed in a number of contexts, including employment, personal relationships, education, politics, and the criminal justice system. Second, appearance discrimination is of moral interest not only in its own right, but also in terms of its connection to other forms of discrimination. Appearance norms, that is, norms concerning how we should look, often place greater burdens on disadvantaged groups. As a result, discrimination on the basis of appearance, when it rewards people who conform to these norms, may involve, or interact with, the effects of, wrongful discrimination on the basis of features other than appearance, in a way that aggravates existing injustices. What's Wrong with Lookism? examines the morality of appearance discrimination in three contexts: employment decisions; the choice of friends or romantic partners; and the everyday practice of judging and commenting upon people's looks. Andrew Mason develops a pluralist theory of what makes discrimination wrong that identifies three wrong-making features, namely, disrespect, deliberative unfairness, and contributing to unjust consequences, and demonstrates how the presence of one or more of these features in each of these contexts problematises the lookism that takes place in it.

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OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES-The Oxford Handbook of Expertise and Democratic Politics

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In the last several decades there has been a surge of interest in expertise in the social scientific philosophical and legal literatures while it is tempting to attribute this surge of interest in expertise to the emergence and consolidation of a knowledge society post industrial society o 2 - 3 weken .. MEER INFO

Vagueness And Degrees Of Truth

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Vagueness and degrees of truth develops and defends a new position on vagueness to make the book accessible to non specialists nicholas smith includes both an introduction to the relevant philosophical literature and a gentle but thorough introduction to the required logical tools and concepts i 2 - 3 weken .. MEER INFO

Vagueness And Contradiction

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Roy sorensen presents a lively original treatment of the ancient problem of vagueness there may seem to be vagueness in the way the world is divided up but sorensen argues that the divisions are in fact sharp it s just that we often don t know where they are and so find this hard to believe di Uiterlijk 19 november in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 27 juli 2023

Aantal pagina's: 256

Hoofdauteur: Andrew Mason

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press

Product breedte: 146 mm

Product hoogte: 19 mm

Product lengte: 223 mm

Verpakking breedte: 146 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 19 mm

Verpakking lengte: 223 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 452 g

EAN: 9780192859792

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