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Debating gun control : how much regulation do we need?, David DeGrazia and Lester H. Hunt

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"Americans have a deeply ambivalent relationship to guns. The United States leads all nations in rates of private gun ownership, yet stories of gun tragedies frequent the news, spurring calls for tighter gun regulations. The debate tends to be acrimonious and is frequently misinformed and illogical. The central question is the extent to which federal or state governments should regulate gun ownership and use in the interest of public safety. In this volume, David DeGrazia and Lester Hunt examine this policy question primarily from the standpoint of ethics: What would morally defensible gun policy in the United States look like? Hunt's contribution argues that the U.S. Constitution is right to frame the right to possess a firearm as a fundamental human right. The right to arms is in this way like the right to free speech. More precisely, it is like the right to own and possess a cell phone or an internet connection. A government that banned such weapons would be violating the right of citizens to protect themselves. This is a function that governments do not perform: warding off attacks is not the same thing as punishing perpetrators after an attack has happened. Self-protection is a function that citizens must carry out themselves, either by taking passive steps (such as better locks on one's doors) or active ones (such as acquiring a gun and learning to use it safely and effectively). In debating this important topic, the authors elevate the quality of discussion from the levels that usually prevail in the public arena. DeGrazia and Hunt work in the discipline of academic philosophy, which prizes intellectual honesty, respect for opposing views, command of relevant facts, and rigorous reasoning. They bring the advantages of philosophical analysis to this highly-charged issue in the service of illuminating the strongest possible cases for and against (relatively extensive) gun regulations and whatever common ground may exist between these positions." -- Publisher's description
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eng
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xvi, 269 pages
Contents
  • Part I. The case against. What is the Issue of Gun Control About?
  • Arguments Based on Rights and Arguments Based on Facts
  • Self-Defense: A Right that Deserves Special Protection
  • Option-Rights and Means-Rights
  • Taking a Principled Position
  • The Ethics and Jurisprudence of Risk
  • Philosophizing about Empirical Studies
  • Policy Implications
  • Part II. The case in favor. Introduction to part II
  • Law, Ethics, and Responsible Public Policy
  • Critique of Appeals to Self-Defense and Physical Security
  • Critique of Appeals to Liberty Rights
  • The Consequentialist Case for Gun Control
  • The Rights-Based Case for Gun Control
  • Gun Politics in the United States
  • Policy Recommendations
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9780190251260
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Debating gun control : how much regulation do we need?
Title
Debating gun control
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how much regulation do we need?
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David DeGrazia and Lester H. Hunt
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Language
eng
Summary
"Americans have a deeply ambivalent relationship to guns. The United States leads all nations in rates of private gun ownership, yet stories of gun tragedies frequent the news, spurring calls for tighter gun regulations. The debate tends to be acrimonious and is frequently misinformed and illogical. The central question is the extent to which federal or state governments should regulate gun ownership and use in the interest of public safety. In this volume, David DeGrazia and Lester Hunt examine this policy question primarily from the standpoint of ethics: What would morally defensible gun policy in the United States look like? Hunt's contribution argues that the U.S. Constitution is right to frame the right to possess a firearm as a fundamental human right. The right to arms is in this way like the right to free speech. More precisely, it is like the right to own and possess a cell phone or an internet connection. A government that banned such weapons would be violating the right of citizens to protect themselves. This is a function that governments do not perform: warding off attacks is not the same thing as punishing perpetrators after an attack has happened. Self-protection is a function that citizens must carry out themselves, either by taking passive steps (such as better locks on one's doors) or active ones (such as acquiring a gun and learning to use it safely and effectively). In debating this important topic, the authors elevate the quality of discussion from the levels that usually prevail in the public arena. DeGrazia and Hunt work in the discipline of academic philosophy, which prizes intellectual honesty, respect for opposing views, command of relevant facts, and rigorous reasoning. They bring the advantages of philosophical analysis to this highly-charged issue in the service of illuminating the strongest possible cases for and against (relatively extensive) gun regulations and whatever common ground may exist between these positions." -- Publisher's description
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DeGrazia, David
Dewey number
363.330973
Index
index present
LC call number
HV7436
LC item number
.D446 2016
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non fiction
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bibliography
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1946-
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Hunt, Lester H.
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Debating ethics
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  • Gun control
  • Firearms ownership
  • Firearms
  • Firearms
  • Firearms ownership
  • Gun control
  • United States
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Debating gun control : how much regulation do we need?, David DeGrazia and Lester H. Hunt
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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rdacarrier
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Contents
Part I. The case against. What is the Issue of Gun Control About? -- Arguments Based on Rights and Arguments Based on Facts -- Self-Defense: A Right that Deserves Special Protection -- Option-Rights and Means-Rights -- Taking a Principled Position -- The Ethics and Jurisprudence of Risk -- Philosophizing about Empirical Studies -- Policy Implications -- Part II. The case in favor. Introduction to part II -- Law, Ethics, and Responsible Public Policy -- Critique of Appeals to Self-Defense and Physical Security -- Critique of Appeals to Liberty Rights -- The Consequentialist Case for Gun Control -- The Rights-Based Case for Gun Control -- Gun Politics in the United States -- Policy Recommendations
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ocn946725980
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
xvi, 269 pages
Isbn
9780190251260
Lccn
2016010462
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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  • (Sirsi) i9780190251260
  • (OCoLC)946725980
Label
Debating gun control : how much regulation do we need?, David DeGrazia and Lester H. Hunt
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part I. The case against. What is the Issue of Gun Control About? -- Arguments Based on Rights and Arguments Based on Facts -- Self-Defense: A Right that Deserves Special Protection -- Option-Rights and Means-Rights -- Taking a Principled Position -- The Ethics and Jurisprudence of Risk -- Philosophizing about Empirical Studies -- Policy Implications -- Part II. The case in favor. Introduction to part II -- Law, Ethics, and Responsible Public Policy -- Critique of Appeals to Self-Defense and Physical Security -- Critique of Appeals to Liberty Rights -- The Consequentialist Case for Gun Control -- The Rights-Based Case for Gun Control -- Gun Politics in the United States -- Policy Recommendations
Control code
ocn946725980
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
xvi, 269 pages
Isbn
9780190251260
Lccn
2016010462
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780190251260
  • (OCoLC)946725980

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