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A Philosophy of Gun ViolenceA Violent Nudge

A Philosophy of Gun Violence: A Violent Nudge [Following the argument that technological artifacts like the gun possess inherent morals that are expressed through affordances, this chapter emphasizes how guns suggest, persuade, and encourage their use, which is violent by design. Related examples are used to provide evidence for how choice architecture guides our behaviors in positive and negative ways. The gun is particularly consequential in this sense because it is so closely intertwined with passion and emotion. Research provides evidence for how the gun affects our levels of aggression and fear and our perception of others, suggesting that gun-carrying fundamentally changes who we are and how we interpret the world around us.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Philosophy of Gun ViolenceA Violent Nudge

Reid, Alan J.
Springer Journals — Aug 21, 2022
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Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-031-11003-0
Pages
103 –137
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-11004-7_4
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Abstract

[Following the argument that technological artifacts like the gun possess inherent morals that are expressed through affordances, this chapter emphasizes how guns suggest, persuade, and encourage their use, which is violent by design. Related examples are used to provide evidence for how choice architecture guides our behaviors in positive and negative ways. The gun is particularly consequential in this sense because it is so closely intertwined with passion and emotion. Research provides evidence for how the gun affects our levels of aggression and fear and our perception of others, suggesting that gun-carrying fundamentally changes who we are and how we interpret the world around us.]

Published: Aug 21, 2022

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