Affirmative action: is it unjustified? A case of Singapore's reserved presidential election
In this paper, I argue that in the case of Singapore’s Reserved Presidential Elections, affirmative action is not unjustified. This paper will expand on ideas I have set forth in a previous paper of mine. My argument builds on current arguments for affirmative action (like Thomson and Nagel), but it...
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| author | Lim, Cherrie Yi Xuan |
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| description | In this paper, I argue that in the case of Singapore’s Reserved Presidential Elections, affirmative action is not unjustified. This paper will expand on ideas I have set forth in a previous paper of mine. My argument builds on current arguments for affirmative action (like Thomson and Nagel), but it extends beyond compensatory accounts that defends affirmative action solely based on compensation for past injustices. My argument will thus instead be built on compensating for not just past discriminations (injustices), but also compensating for current discrimination and societal good. Therefore, in my account, affirmative action in the Reserved Elections thus serves to correct for the past injustice and current injustice that disadvantages minority races, and benefits the greater societal good, and these benefits to the society serve to override the potential unfairness of exclusion in reserved terms of the Presidential Elections. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1654652023-04-01T16:56:04Z Affirmative action: is it unjustified? A case of Singapore's reserved presidential election Lim, Cherrie Yi Xuan Grace Boey School of Humanities gboey@ntu.edu.sg Humanities::Philosophy In this paper, I argue that in the case of Singapore’s Reserved Presidential Elections, affirmative action is not unjustified. This paper will expand on ideas I have set forth in a previous paper of mine. My argument builds on current arguments for affirmative action (like Thomson and Nagel), but it extends beyond compensatory accounts that defends affirmative action solely based on compensation for past injustices. My argument will thus instead be built on compensating for not just past discriminations (injustices), but also compensating for current discrimination and societal good. Therefore, in my account, affirmative action in the Reserved Elections thus serves to correct for the past injustice and current injustice that disadvantages minority races, and benefits the greater societal good, and these benefits to the society serve to override the potential unfairness of exclusion in reserved terms of the Presidential Elections. Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy 2023-03-27T09:19:04Z 2023-03-27T09:19:04Z 2023 Final Year Project (FYP) Lim, C. Y. X. (2023). Affirmative action: is it unjustified? A case of Singapore's reserved presidential election. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165465 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165465 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Humanities::Philosophy Lim, Cherrie Yi Xuan Affirmative action: is it unjustified? A case of Singapore's reserved presidential election |
| title | Affirmative action: is it unjustified? A case of Singapore's reserved presidential election |
| title_full | Affirmative action: is it unjustified? A case of Singapore's reserved presidential election |
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| title_short | Affirmative action: is it unjustified? A case of Singapore's reserved presidential election |
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| topic | Humanities::Philosophy |
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