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A Moral Defense of Recreational Drug Use

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Title/Author:	A Moral Defense of Recreational Drug Use/ by Rob Lovering.
Author:	Lovering, Rob.
Description:	X, 218 p.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Ethics. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137528681
ISBN:	9781137528681

A Moral Defense of Recreational Drug Use
Lovering, Rob.

A Moral Defense of Recreational Drug Use[electronic resource] /by Rob Lovering. - 1st ed. 2015. - X, 218 p.online resource.

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, heroin, and other drugs recreationally. He contends that, by and large, these arguments do not succeed. Lovering’s book represents one of the first works to systematically present, analyze, and critique arguments for the moral wrongness of recreational drug use. Given this, as well as the popularity of the morality-based defense of the United States’ drug laws, this book is an important and timely contribution to the debate on the recreational use of drugs.

ISBN: 9781137528681

Standard No.: 10.1057/9781137528681doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

555769
Ethics.

LC Class. No.: BJ1-1725

Dewey Class. No.: 170

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