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On the 18th day of February 2009, our very new attorney general, Eric Holder, said that the USA is a “Nation of Cowards”. This remark, per its context, is in reference to race relations. Attorney General Holder believes our nation remains a “voluntarily socially segregated” society.While there are many books on the empirical, sociological, historical, legal, or political aspects of gun volicy, A Nation of Cowards is the first fulllength book focused on philosophical questions. The first, and best, essay bears the same name as the book.Get this from a library! Nation of cowards: essays on the ethics of gun control. (Jeffrey R Snyder) -- The author argues that the right to life necessarily involves the right to self-defense, which leads to the right to own firearms, and presents a multi-faceted cases against gun control, including.
This is, perhaps, the most forcefully-argued article regarding the moral case for use of armed force in defense of self and others. The article vigorously advances the proposition that laws which disarm law-abiding persons are not merely ineffective or in conflict with the Constitution. Such laws are profoundly immoral. This essay is reprinted from: The Public Interest 1993; Fall (113): 40-55.A NATION OF COWARDS by Jeffrey R. Snyder OUR SOCIETY has reached a pinnacle of self-expression and respect for individuality rare or unmatched in history. Our entire popular culture -- from fashion magazines to the cinema --positively s creams the matchless worth of the individual, and glories in eccentricity, nonconformity.
Members of the executive and legislature can be described most accurately as a “government of cowards” for their failure to guide and lead this country. If for nothing more, outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder will be remembered for referring to the United States as “a nation of cowards.”.
