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A PHILOSOPHY OF GUN VIOLENCE IBD

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
08 / 2022
9783031110054
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Sinopsis

This book uses a philosophy of technology to demonstrate that guns are predisposed for an intentional use, making them inherently non-neutral artifacts. This argument rejects the often-cited value neutral thesis and instrumentalist view that 'guns don?t kill people, people kill people', and instead, explains the lethality of the gun through the lenses of affordance theory, behavioral design, and choice architecture. Ultimately, this book proposes an ethical and value-sensitive model for gun reform, which embodies the perspective of French philosopher Bruno Latour, who said, 'You are different with a gun in your hand, the gun is different with you holding it.'