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The Journal of Value Inquiry
Published in: The Journal of Value Inquiry 3/2016

10-09-2015 | Book Review

Firmin DeBrabander, Do Guns Make Us Free?

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-300-20893-1, $30, Hbk

Author: Timothy Hsiao

Published in: The Journal of Value Inquiry | Issue 3/2016

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The academic debate over gun control has largely been dominated by criminologists, social scientists, and legal scholars. It is surprising that philosophers have paid little attention to this topic, given that both sides of the debate commonly appeal to moral arguments. With that in mind, Firmin DeBrabander’s Do Guns Make Us Free? is a very welcome addition to the debate. It is one of the few book length treatments on the philosophy and ethics of gun ownership. …
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Metadata
Title
Firmin DeBrabander, Do Guns Make Us Free?
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-300-20893-1, $30, Hbk
Author
Timothy Hsiao
Publication date
10-09-2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
The Journal of Value Inquiry / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 0022-5363
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0492
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-015-9512-y

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