Affirmative Action Racial Preference in Black and White (Positions Education, Politics, and Culture)

January 26, 2024

Affirmative Action Racial Preference in Black and White (Positions Education, Politics, and Culture)

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Free Download Tim J. Wise, "Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White (Positions: Education, Politics, and Culture)"
English | 2005 | pages: 208 | ISBN: 041595049X, 0415950481 | PDF | 2,9 mb
Affirmative Action examines the larger structure of institutional white privilege in education, and compares the magnitude of white racial preference with the policies typically envisioned when the term "racial preference" is used. In doing so, the book demonstrates that the American system of education is both a reflection of and a contributor to a structure of institutionalized racism and racial preference for the dominant majority.

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January 17, 2024

Preference Change

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English | 2024 | ISBN: 1009475797 | 96 Pages | PDF (True) | 1 MB
For most of its history, decision theory has investigated the rational choices of humans under the assumption of static preferences. Human preferences, however, change. In recent years, decision theory has increasingly acknowledged the reality of preference change throughout life. This Element provides an accessible introduction and new contributions to the debates on preference change. It is divided into three chapters. In the first chapter, the authors discuss what preference change is and whether we can integrate it into decision theory. In the second chapter, they present models of preference change, including a novel proposal of their own. In the third and final chapter, they discuss how we can rationally choose a course of action when our preferences might change. Both the transformative experience literature and recent work on choosing for changing selves are discussed.

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