In Defense of Gun Control

ISBN-13: 9780190873363 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 256 str.

Hugh LaFollette

Opis

In Defense of Gun Control argues why the United States should have at least moderate and perhaps serious gun control. LaFollette assesses the empirical evidence about the costs and benefits of extensive private gun ownership and proposes several specific gun control measures, and urge us to employ indirect measures to limit the harm caused by guns.

Recenzje

Hugh LaFollette has offered an informative, compelling and readable contribution to the philosophical literature on America's gun debate, which, as of yet, is still relatively small. He gives an overview of three major sets of arguments for and against gun control: armchair arguments, rights based arguments, and empirical arguments. He appraises each in turn, and ultimately points out how and where the gun rights position is wanting, and why the case for gun control is stronger. He concludes by detailing several proposals for gun control. These include some well-known (and much debated) regulations, like gun registration and background checks on gun purchases, but one idea that is rather novel and little discussed, mandatory liability insurance for gun owners.

O autorze

Hugh LaFollette is Cole Chair in Ethics at the University of South Florida St Petersburg and the editor-in-chief of the International Encyclopedia of Ethics (Blackwell 2013).