The best arguments against gun control invoke moral rights—it might be good if there were fewer guns in circulation, but there is a moral right to own firearms. Rather than emphasizing the potential benefits of gun control, this paper meets the best arguments on their home turf. I argue that there simply is no moral right to keep guns on one’s person or in one’s residence. In fact, our moral rights support the mutual disarmament of citizens and police
This working paper develops the argument of "Gun Violence and Gun Control" (also posted on SSRN), a ...
The political debate over the Second Amendment has raged in the United States for the last 50 years....
Arguments in favor of an individual moral right to keep and bear firearms typically appeal to the va...
The best arguments against gun control invoke moral rights—it might be good if there were fewer guns...
People in the United States disagree over how stringent our gun laws should be. There are many advoc...
The gun control debate is more complex than we often acknowledge. What is often phrased as a single ...
This Article represents a polemic against the most harmful aspects of the policing status quo. At it...
I defend the view that a significant ethical distinction can be made between justified killing in se...
Efforts to reduce gun violence in the United States face formidable political and constitutional bar...
Abstract: In earlier work, I argued that individuals have a right to own firearms for personal defen...
One of the principal focal points of the gun control debate relates to the ownership and use of guns...
Perhaps the biggest disconnect between philosophers and non-philosophers on the question of gun righ...
Gun rights activists in the United States have been incredibly successful in opposing state regulati...
The Second Amendment right allowing American citizens to keep and bear arms is a very controversial ...
Unlike the police in Northern Ireland, officers in mainland Britain are not routinely armed. But the...
This working paper develops the argument of "Gun Violence and Gun Control" (also posted on SSRN), a ...
The political debate over the Second Amendment has raged in the United States for the last 50 years....
Arguments in favor of an individual moral right to keep and bear firearms typically appeal to the va...
The best arguments against gun control invoke moral rights—it might be good if there were fewer guns...
People in the United States disagree over how stringent our gun laws should be. There are many advoc...
The gun control debate is more complex than we often acknowledge. What is often phrased as a single ...
This Article represents a polemic against the most harmful aspects of the policing status quo. At it...
I defend the view that a significant ethical distinction can be made between justified killing in se...
Efforts to reduce gun violence in the United States face formidable political and constitutional bar...
Abstract: In earlier work, I argued that individuals have a right to own firearms for personal defen...
One of the principal focal points of the gun control debate relates to the ownership and use of guns...
Perhaps the biggest disconnect between philosophers and non-philosophers on the question of gun righ...
Gun rights activists in the United States have been incredibly successful in opposing state regulati...
The Second Amendment right allowing American citizens to keep and bear arms is a very controversial ...
Unlike the police in Northern Ireland, officers in mainland Britain are not routinely armed. But the...
This working paper develops the argument of "Gun Violence and Gun Control" (also posted on SSRN), a ...
The political debate over the Second Amendment has raged in the United States for the last 50 years....
Arguments in favor of an individual moral right to keep and bear firearms typically appeal to the va...
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