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http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/
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> January 14, 2007, 9:43 pm
> Revisiting Affirmative Action, With Help From Kant
> Whenever I teach the political writings of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), I
> always ask my students, would Kant have been for or against affirmative
> action? I thought of the answers they typically give to that question
> when University of Michigan spokesperson Theresa A. Sullivan announced
> last week that the university would comply with Proposal 2, a
> successful state ballot initiative banning affirmative action programs
> that give preferential treatment to persons and groups on the basis of
> race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin.
