Caste Wars: A Philosophy of Discrimination

"This book is about the ethics of treating individuals as though they are members of groups. We go through life making generalisations about people based on their membership of groups, and having others make generalisations about us based on the groups to which we belong. Our sex, for example, helps insurance companies assess the likelihood of us crashing our car, and predict how long we will live. Sometimes we feel it is objectionable to make, or act upon, statistical generalisations. Caste Wars: A Philosophy of Discrimination argues that some extrapolations are more morally acceptable that others, and explains why. In exploring the morality of individuals and groups, the book seeks to address another fundamental question."--BOOK JACKET.