Straw Man or Straw Theory?

International Journal of Applied Philosophy 12 (2):169-180 (1998)
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I respond to Albert Mosley’s critique that I only attack straw men arguments against affirmative action by showing both that his own argument is a version of one of these “straw men” and that his objections to my arguments can be rebutted.

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0739098X

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10.5840/ijap19981228

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Louis P. Pojman
PhD: Oxford University

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Affirmative action.Robert Fullinwider - 2008 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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