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cookcarl

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on: Jun 19, 2018
What is the fundamental difference between morally legitimate discrimination and morally illegitimate discrimination?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Many people believe that using high school grade point averages to make college admissions decisions is unfair because it is not an objective criterion. Why?
 
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jaykayy05

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
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The fundamental difference is that morally legitimate discrimination is based on criteria that are directly relevant to the issue under consideration.



Answer to Question 2

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Not all schools have the same standards. A 4.0 GPA at one school might have been 3.5 or 3.0 at another.



cookcarl

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Excellent

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