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A Moral Defense of Recreational Drug Use
Rob Lovering
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Description for A Moral Defense of Recreational Drug Use
Hardcover. Is recreational drug use morally wrong? In this book, I examine four types of argument for the view that it is - religious, nonreligious, harm-based, and non-harm-based - and contend that, by and large, they do not succeed. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM1; JFFH1; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Why does American law allow the recreational use of some drugs, such as alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine, but not others, such as marijuana, cocaine, and heroin? The answer lies not simply in the harm the use of these drugs might cause, but in the perceived morality—or lack thereof—of their recreational use. Despite strong rhetoric from moral critics of recreational drug use, however, it is surprisingly difficult to discern the reasons they have for deeming the recreational use of (some) drugs morally wrong. In this book, Rob Lovering lays out and dissects various arguments for the immorality of using marijuana, cocaine, ... Read more
Why does American law allow the recreational use of some drugs, such as alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine, but not others, such as marijuana, cocaine, and heroin? The answer lies not simply in the harm the use of these drugs might cause, but in the perceived morality—or lack thereof—of their recreational use. Despite strong rhetoric from moral critics of recreational drug use, however, it is surprisingly difficult to discern the reasons they have for deeming the recreational use of (some) drugs morally wrong. In this book, Rob Lovering lays out and dissects various arguments for the immorality of using marijuana, cocaine, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137548764
SKU
V9781137548764
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99-15
About Rob Lovering
Rob Lovering is Associate Professor of Philosophy at College of Staten Island, City University of New York, USA. He is the author of God and Evidence: Problems for Theistic Philosophers as well as numerous articles on ethics and the philosophy of religion.
Reviews for A Moral Defense of Recreational Drug Use
"Anyone who still believes that the moderate use of recreational drugs is morally wrongful should read Lovering's thorough argument to the contrary." - Doug Husak, Rutgers University, USA "This book fills a void. Lovering lays out the most important arguments for the view that recreational drug use is morally wrong. He then argues, in a philosophically sophisticated ... Read more