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From: radford@calgary.UUCP (Radford Neal)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Affirmative action
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Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 15:20:11 EST
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> Is it not a valid
> goal to try to find ways to better the lot of previously excluded,
> oppressed or enslaved groups?  

This says it all. NO! It is NOT a valid goal to better the lot of
previously oppressed GROUPS. There is NO MORAL DIFFERENCE between oppressing
an individual of a generally priviledged group and oppressing an individual
of a generally oppressed group. I'm not about to try to argue in favor
of this ethical position here; I just note that there is little point in
political arguments on this issue without an ethical basis.

    Radford Neal
    The University of Calgary