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Debating gun control : how much regulation do we need?, David DeGrazia and Lester H. Hunt
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 269 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780190251260
- Label
- Debating gun control : how much regulation do we need?
- Title
- Debating gun control
- Title remainder
- how much regulation do we need?
- Statement of responsibility
- David DeGrazia and Lester H. Hunt
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- DeGrazia, David
- Dewey number
- 363.330973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV7436
- LC item number
- .D446 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1946-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Hunt, Lester H.
- Series statement
- Debating ethics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Gun control
- Firearms ownership
- Firearms
- Firearms
- Firearms ownership
- Gun control
- United States
- Label
- Debating gun control : how much regulation do we need?, David DeGrazia and Lester H. Hunt
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
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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
- Control code
- ocn946725980
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190251260
- Lccn
- 2016010462
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780190251260
- (OCoLC)946725980
- Label
- Debating gun control : how much regulation do we need?, David DeGrazia and Lester H. Hunt
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- 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
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780190251260
- (OCoLC)946725980
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