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