Synopses & Reviews
Review
This fine collection will appeal to a wide audience with its relevance to topical controversies concerning sex and race discrimination. It is an interdisciplinary work, with discussions bringing in ideas from genetics, evolutionary biology, sociobiology, political science, economics, and philosophy. ... The authors do a good job of explaining for a general audience the background material from their special fields, in particular concepts from recent work in biology. There is a nice balance of theoretical discussion and of drawing practical implications for social policy. The bibliography provides a good sample of the vast literature relevant to the issues discussed. Both public and academic libraries, lower-division undergraduates and up.Choice
Table of Contents
The reality and significance of human races / Richard A. Goldsby -- Search for equity on the planet difference / Nancy R. Hauserman -- Evolution, ethics, and equality / Stephen L. Zegura, Stuart C. Gilman, and Robert L. Simon -- The issue of inequality / Stuart C. Gilman -- The liberal conception of equal opportunity and its egalitarian critics / Robert L. Simon -- Biological differences and economic equality / Masako N. Darrough -- Social equality and ethnic identity / Sandra L. Schultz -- Social equality and infectious disease carriers / Baruch S. Blumberg -- Societal responsibility and genetic disease / Robert H. Blank -- Intelligence theory and the race-IQ controversy / John G. Borkowski.