Just admissions: South African universities and the question of racial preference
| dc.contributor.author | Benatar, David | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-15T07:42:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-02-15T07:42:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-14T07:58:47Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | South African universities and other institutions of higher education currently give preference to student applicants from designated ‘races’. This paper argues that such a policy is morally indefensible. Although the imperative to redress injustice is endorsed, this, it is argued, does not entail that applicants may be favoured on the basis of their (purported) ‘race’. Nor can the pursuit of diversity be used to defend racial preference. Next, it is argued that any policy on racial preference must have both a racial taxonomy and a method of assigning individuals to different taxonomic categories. It is argued that both competing methods of categorizing individuals – one subjective and the other objective – are unacceptable. Finally, the paper highlights a number of fallacious responses to criticisms of racial preference. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Benatar, D. (2010). Just admissions: South African universities and the question of racial preference. <i>South African Journal of Higher Education</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27578 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Benatar, David "Just admissions: South African universities and the question of racial preference." <i>South African Journal of Higher Education</i> (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27578 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Benatar, D. (2010). Just admissions: South African universities and the question of racial preference. South African Journal of Higher Education, 24(2), 258-267. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Benatar, David AB - South African universities and other institutions of higher education currently give preference to student applicants from designated ‘races’. This paper argues that such a policy is morally indefensible. Although the imperative to redress injustice is endorsed, this, it is argued, does not entail that applicants may be favoured on the basis of their (purported) ‘race’. Nor can the pursuit of diversity be used to defend racial preference. Next, it is argued that any policy on racial preference must have both a racial taxonomy and a method of assigning individuals to different taxonomic categories. It is argued that both competing methods of categorizing individuals – one subjective and the other objective – are unacceptable. Finally, the paper highlights a number of fallacious responses to criticisms of racial preference. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Higher Education LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Just admissions: South African universities and the question of racial preference TI - Just admissions: South African universities and the question of racial preference UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27578 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27578 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Benatar D. Just admissions: South African universities and the question of racial preference. South African Journal of Higher Education. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27578. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Philosophy | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Journal of Higher Education | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajhe | |
| dc.title | Just admissions: South African universities and the question of racial preference | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
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