ABSTRACT

Law enforcement – namely actions performed by police officers, prosecutors and judges in executing the criminal law, such as questioning, searching, arresting, prosecuting, convicting and sentencing people – is one context in which the question of the moral status of discrimination is salient. The answer to the question of what amounts to wrongful discrimination in this context depends on the answer to the controversial question of what amounts to wrongful discrimination in general. Yet my focus in this chapter is on aspects that are especially salient in the context of law enforcement. 1