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  1. David Wallace's avatar

    Let me recommend Eleanor Knox’s essay on IAI a few months ago for what I think is a much more…

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    Thanks so much for this, Matthew. I hadn’t heard about UKALPP’s approach, but it sounds like an excellent model for…

  5. Matthew H. Kramer's avatar

    Thanks to Colin Marshall for an excellent document. The annual UK Analytic Legal & Political Philosophy (UKALPP) Conference now convenes…

  6. Colin Marshall's avatar

    Thanks for this comment, Alan. I think the point you make carries weight – especially for some younger philosophers, in-person…

  7. V. Alan White's avatar

    I’m a lifelong APA member with APA emeritus status. I see many reasons for the online conference, and perhaps the…

When the current US Supreme Court strikes down race-conscious admissions procedures…

…which they will almost certainly do in the next couple of years, the Court will, oddly enough, in this instance have majority sentiment on its side, if not elite opinion:  opposition to using race and ethnicity as factors in admissions decisions for colleges is quite widespread.  More than 60% of Blacks, Hispanics, and Democrats say race or ethnicity should not be a factor at all in admissions.   (Philosopher Thomas Mulligan [Georgetown] has called attention to this striking fact previously.)

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