Ethical Consideration of Preferential Treatment

Abstract

When we ponder over the term ‘preferential treatment’, we are often led into thinking the ethical dilemmas associated with it. The ethicality of advancing the policy is controversial and contentious. It is contentious and controversial as it barely has any ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ decision over the question of whether or not preferential treatment is ethical. The preferential treatment is based on the idea of provisioning a special privilege with an aim to restore the members of social groups which have been discriminated against in the past which undeniably may lead to conflict. However, the practice of the policy is not invariate in nature....