The Anatomy of Racial InequalitySpeaking wisely and provocatively about the political economy of race, Glenn C. Loury has become one of our most prominent black intellectuals—and, because of his challenges to the orthodoxies of both left and right, one of the most controversial. A major statement of a position developed over the past decade, this book both epitomizes and explains Loury’s understanding of the depressed conditions of so much of black society today—and the origins, consequences, and implications for the future of these conditions. |
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... procedural theories of justice in matters of race . Race - blindness is one such theory . In general , procedural theories of social justice turn on the answers to two kinds of questions : What are people entitled to ? And what actions ...
... procedural theories are essentially incomplete , because they cannot cope with the consequences of their own violations . Suppose we are given a set of rules about how people are to treat one another . Suppose further that people hap ...
... procedural account of social justice is closed to moral deviation if one can correct the conse- quences of rule violation through actions that are them- selves consistent with the rules . In the absence of this " closure " property , a ...