Ryan W. Davis

Why It's OK to Own a Gun

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Produktbeschreibung

Why Ità â â s OK to Own a Gun explores the right to self-defense, but also looks beyond it to what gun ownership fundamentally means in American life. A measured book by a professional philosopher.

Produktdetails

• Why It's OK
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 130mm x 198mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 242g
• ISBN-13: 9780367141073
• ISBN-10: 0367141078
• Artikelnr.: 68099712

Autorenporträt

Ryan W. Davis is Associate Professor of Political Science at Brigham Young University. He is interested in how moral disagreements affect relationships and reasoning. Most of his work is connected to the value of autonomy in morality and politics. He has a PhD from Princeton University.

Inhaltsangabe

1.Introduction 2. Guns, Concepts, and Meaning I: The Value of Shared
Identity 3. Guns, Concepts, and Meaning II: The Prospect of Cultural
Devastation 4. Guns as a Deontological Right 5. Guns as a Liberal Right.
Liberty rights are based on protecting agency 6. Empirical Overview I: What
Are the Effects of Gun Ownership in America? 7. Empirical Overview II:
Policy Prescriptions 8. Guns and Republicanism I: Undermining the
Neo-Republican Case Against Guns 9. Guns and Republicanism II: Can Private
Gun Ownership Protect Freedom? 10. Conclusion