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This 3 page paper examines the morality of set aside programs. Affirmative action is discussed in general. The subject is approached through both a utilitarian and deontological view. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the playing field. Since slave days for example, it has been noted that the African American has not come as far as other minorities who arrived at Ellis Island. Instead,
the legacy of slavery is detrimental and to some extent, providing extra opportunities for people of color can alter the prejudice that seems to be entrenched in the society. There
is another side of that coin which is the idea that white people are inadvertently discriminated against due to these programs. For instance, white contractors cannot get work because black
firms are favored. Thus, one question looms large. Are minority set-aside programs morally acceptable? First, looking at the problem with a philosophical eye can help. Deontological ethics are actually moral
theories which contend that certain acts have to be done, no matter the consequences (Honderich, 1995). For example, someone who supports this point of view would argue that one
should not kill one innocent person to save two other people from death (1995). Although the consequences would mean that more would die, that would violate the innocent persons rights
(1995). Teleological ethics or utilitarianism, on the other hand, sees the rightness or wrongness of an act as dependent only on the consequences (Honderich, 1995). Thus, in the argument
presented above, it would not be necessarily wrong to kill an individual if it would save two others. The reason is that the greater good would be served by
killing the innocent person. Similarly, in a war situation, there is the concept of the just war. Wars are fought and it is reasoned that lives will be sacrificed for
the greater good, even though killing is wrong. To take this a step further, Rawls makes a distinction between deontological and teleological theories as it concerns notions of right
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