Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE Liberal Political Philosophy and Affirmative Action
6. ONE Definition of Key Concepts and Delimitation of Scope of Analysis 11
7. TWO Libertarian Justice and Affirmative Action 52
8. THREE Contractarian Justice and Affirmative Action 65
9. FOUR Utilitarian Justice and Affirmative Action 94
10. FIVE Egalitarian Justice and Affirmative Action 116
11. PART TWO Constitutional Equality and Affirmative Action
12. SIX Constitutional Equality and Equal Protection 135
13. SEVEN The Constitutional Dimension of Affirmative Action 163
14. PART THREE Equality, Difference, and Consensus: Toward an Integrated Conception of the Justice of Affirmative Action
15. EIGHT The Limitations of the Major Liberal Philosophical Conceptions of the Justice of Affirmative Action 219
16. NINE Justice as Reversibility, Equality, and the Right to Be Different 239
17. TEN Toward an Integrated Philosophical and Constitutional Justification of Affirmative Action 283
18. List of Cases 337
19. Notes 339
20. Bibliography 353
21. Index 359