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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeGrazia, David, author.

Hunt, Lester H., 1946- author.

Series:

Debating ethics.

Debating Ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gun control--United States.

Gun control.

Firearms ownership--United States.

Firearms ownership.

Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.

Firearms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 269 pages).

Other Title:

How much regulation do we need?

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. DeGrazia and Hunt 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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-025128-X

0-19-062946-0

0-19-025127-1