Debating Gun Control

Zusatztext The problem of gun violence in the US has become a major moral and political issue; yet those who work in moral and political philosophy have thus far made almost no contribution to the public debate. This debate tends to be dominated on both sides by controversial statistical and factual claims that appear in isolation from any framework of moral argument in which their significance could be properly understood. This admirable book offers precisely the sort of moral principles and arguments that are necessary to explain the significance of the factual claims. Although the authors have strongly opposed views, they share the aims of identifying the central moral issues, thinking through them carefully, and presenting their arguments and conclusions in ways that are lucid, fair-minded, and unpolemical. This is a highly important book that should be read by everyone concerned with the problem of gun violence. Informationen zum Autor David DeGrazia is Professor of Philosophy at George Washington University, where he has been teaching since 1989. He is a well-respected moral philosopher who is especially well-known for his work in applied ethics. DeGrazia's books include Taking Animals Seriously (Cambridge UP, 1996), Human Identity and Bioethics (Cambridge UP, 2005), and Creation Ethics: Reproduction, Genetics, and Quality of Life (Oxford UP, 2012). He is also the author of over 100 shorter professional publications, many in leading ethics and philosophy journals.Lester Hunt is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He has also taught at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie-Mellon University, and The Johns Hopkins University. His books Nietzsche and the Origin of Virtue (Routledge, 1991), Character and Culture (Rowman and Littlefield, 1997), and Anarchy, State, and Utopia: An Advanced Guide (Wiley, 2015). He is also the author of numerous scholarly articles on the history of philosophy, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of economics, and the presentation of philosophical ideas in literature and film. Klappentext Americans have an ambivalent relationship to guns. The debate over the role of guns and gun regulations in American society tends to be acrimonious and misinformed. Zusammenfassung Americans have an ambivalent relationship to guns. The debate over the role of guns and gun regulations in American society tends to be acrimonious and misinformed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I By Lester Hunt 1. What is the Issue of Gun Control About? 2. Arguments Based on Rights and Arguments Based on Facts 3. Self-Defense: A Right that Deserves Special Protection 4. Option-Rights and Means-Rights 5. Taking a Principled Position 6. The Ethics and Jurisprudence of Risk 7. Philosophizing about Empirical Studies 8. Policy Implications Part II By David DeGrazia 9. Introduction to Part II 10. Law, Ethics, and Responsible Public Policy 11. Critique of Appeals to Self-Defense and Physical Security 12. Critique of Appeals to Liberty Rights 13. The Consequentialist Case for Gun Control 14. The Rights-Based Case for Gun Control 15. Gun Politics in the United States 16. Policy Recommendations ...

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David DeGrazia is Professor of Philosophy at George Washington University, where he has been teaching since 1989. He is a well-respected moral philosopher who is especially well-known for his work in applied ethics. DeGrazia's books include Taking Animals Seriously (Cambridge UP, 1996), Human Identity and Bioethics (Cambridge UP, 2005), and Creation Ethics: Reproduction, Genetics, and Quality of Life (Oxford UP, 2012). He is also the author of over 100 shorter professional publications, many in leading ethics and philosophy journals. Lester Hunt is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He has also taught at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie-Mellon University, and The Johns Hopkins University. His books Nietzsche and the Origin of Virtue (Routledge, 1991), Character and Culture (Rowman and Littlefield, 1997), and Anarchy, State, and Utopia: An Advanced Guide (Wiley, 2015). He is also the author of numerous scholarly articles on the history of philosophy, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of economics, and the presentation of philosophical ideas in literature and film.

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Americans have an ambivalent relationship to guns. The debate over the role of guns and gun regulations in American society tends to be acrimonious and misinformed.

Contenu

• Introduction

• Part I By Lester Hunt

• 1. What is the Issue of Gun Control About?
• 2. Arguments Based on Rights and Arguments Based on Facts
• 3. Self-Defense: A Right that Deserves Special Protection
• 4. Option-Rights and Means-Rights
• 5. Taking a Principled Position
• 6. The Ethics and Jurisprudence of Risk
• 7. Philosophizing about Empirical Studies
• 8. Policy Implications

• Part II By David DeGrazia

• 9. Introduction to Part II
• 10. Law, Ethics, and Responsible Public Policy
• 11. Critique of Appeals to Self-Defense and Physical Security
• 12. Critique of Appeals to Liberty Rights
• 13. The Consequentialist Case for Gun Control
• 14. The Rights-Based Case for Gun Control
• 15. Gun Politics in the United States
• 16. Policy Recommendations