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American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 41, No. 2, 232-245 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/0002764297041002006

What's Fair?

Justice Issues in the Affirmative Action Debate

SUSAN OPOTOW

University of Massachusetts, Boston

Justice has the illusion of solidity and immutability, but standards for fairness change with context. This article presents a conceptual analysis that describes the justice arguments used in the affirmative action debate as the how, what, and who of affirmative action. The article illustrates these procedural, distributive, and exclusionary arguments with examples, compares support with opposition, and examines conditions that change perceptions of justice over time.


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