Title

Guns and Practical Reason: An Ethical Exploration of Guns and Language

Author(s)

Mark Ryan, University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2022

Publication Source

Journal of Moral Theology

Abstract

There is no shortage of words and rhetoric being offered up in relation to the topic of guns, much of it directed to the political standoff regarding how to respond to gun violence. Yet the debate over guns in America, especially as it concerns putting in conversation the positions of “gun people” and “non-gun people,” barely scratches the surface of substantive convictions held on both sides about the place of guns in our lives. A critical reason for this is that the language and rhetoric of the debate suppresses such convictions, keeping the discussion shallow and antagonistic. This, I argue, is in part due to the inadequate ethical conceptions—conceptions of practical reason—that frame the debate.

Inclusive pages

85-106

ISBN/ISSN

2166-2118

Document Version

Published Version

Comments

The Journal of Moral Theology is an open-access journal; its content is under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0).

Original URL: https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/31675

Publisher

Journal of Moral Theology Inc.

Volume

11

Issue

1

Peer Reviewed

yes

eCommons Citation

Ryan, Mark, "Guns and Practical Reason: An Ethical Exploration of Guns and Language" (2022). Religious Studies Faculty Publications. 142.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/rel_fac_pub/142