ABSTRACT
There are different views that purport to explain the wrongness of discrimination. An influential strategy appeals to some objectionable mental states of those who discriminate (Alexander 1992; Slavny and Parr 2015). Another popular view holds that discriminatory acts are wrong because of their objective meaning (Hellman 2008; Scanlon 2008; Chapter 7). Yet another view holds that discrimination is wrong when it has harmful effects (Lippert-Rasmussen 2014; Chapter 12). A fourth position points at the unfairness of discrimination that occurs when there is inequality of opportunity (Segall 2013; Chapter 11). The list, of course, is not exhaustive: there can be hybrid views that mix some of these elements or other factors that might be called upon.
