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Privacy is gravely endangered in the digital age, and we, the digital citizens, are its principal threat, willingly surrendering it to avail ourselves of new technology, and granting the government and corporations immense power over us. In this highly original work, Firmin DeBrabander begins with this premise and asks how we can ensure and protect our freedom in the absence of privacy. Can-and should-we rally anew to support this institution? Is privacy so important to political liberty after all? DeBrabander makes the case that privacy is a poor foundation for democracy, that it is a relatively new value that has been rarely enjoyed throughout history-but constantly persecuted-and politically and philosophically suspect. The vitality of the public realm, he argues, is far more significant to the health of our democracy, but is equally endangered-and often overlooked-in the digital age.

Possibly the most emotionally charged debate taking place in the United States today centers on the Second Amendment to the Constitution and the rights of citizens to bear arms. In the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre in Connecticut, the gun rights movement, headed by the National Rifle Association, appears more intractable than ever in its fight against gun control laws. The core argument of Second Amendment advocates is that the proliferation of firearms is essential to maintaining freedom in America, providing private citizens with a defense against possible government tyranny, and thus safeguarding all our other rights. But is this argument valid? Do guns indeed make us free? In this insightful and eye-opening analysis, the first philosophical examination of every aspect of the contentious and uniquely American debate over guns, Firmin DeBrabander examines the claims offered in favor of unchecked gun ownership. By exposing the contradictions and misinterpretations inherent in the case presented by gun rights supporters, this provocative volume demonstrates that an armed society is not a free society but one that actively hinders democratic participation

Possibly the most emotionally charged debate taking place in the United States centers on the Second Amendment to the Constitution and the rights of citizens to bear arms. In the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre in Connecticut, the gun rights movement, headed by the National Rifle Association, appeared more intractable than ever in its fight against gun control laws. The core argument of Second Amendment advocates is that the proliferation of firearms is essential to maintaining freedom in America, providing private citizens with a defense against possible government tyranny, and thus safeguarding all our other rights. But is this argument valid? Do guns indeed make us free? In this work, a philosophical examination of the aspects of the contentious and uniquely American debate over guns, the author examines the claims offered in favor of unchecked gun ownership. By exposing the contradictions and misinterpretations inherent in the case presented by gun rights supporters, this volume demonstrates that an armed society is not a free society but one that actively hinders democratic participation.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Foundation of Perfectionism -- 1.1 Pantheism and determinism -- 1.2 Vital endeavour and the ground of virtue -- 1.3 The diagnosis of the passions -- 1.4 A this-worldly salvation -- 2 Psychotherapy and Virtue -- 2.1 'What is in my power to do' -- 2.2 Agreeing with nature -- 3 The Sociality of Virtue -- 3.1 Spinoza's critique of perfectionism -- 3.2 'Nothing is more advantageous to man than man' -- 3.3 Sociality and the diffusion of enlightenment -- 4 Stoic Political Reason -- 4.1 Cosmopolis and political duty -- 4.2 The predicament of politics -- 4.3 The apotheosis of the free man -- 5 Reason of State -- 5.1 State of nature, nature of state -- 5.2 Political right and the most natural state -- 5.3 The highest form of devotion -- 5.4 Spinoza's liberalism -- 6 The Philosopher in the State -- 6.1 Christ, the Apostles and Solomon: models of public philosophers? -- 6.2 Philosophical caution, political interest -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Constitutional mythology and the future of Second Amendment jurisprudence after Heller / Saul Cornell -- The Second Amendment right to self-defence : the core freedom in the new century / Joyce Lee Malcolm -- Annie get your gun : women, performance, and the Western heroine / Karen Jones -- "A gun is a gun is anyone's hand" : shooting the gang girl in mi vida loca / Emma Horrex -- "The thought of a black male with a weapon scares America" : African Americans, the Second Amendment, and the racial politics of armed self-defense in the Civil Rights Era and beyond / Simon Wendt and Rebecca Rössling -- From virtuous armed citizen to "cramped little risk-fearing man" : the meaning of firearms in an insecure era / Kevin Yuill -- Gun rights and the rule of law / Firmin Debrabander -- To endure for all time or to change with the times? the Supreme Court and the Second Amendment / Emma Long -- Mr. Gingrich's bequest : globalising the Second Amendment? / Peter Squires -- The universal right of self-defense, and the auxiliary right to defensive arms / David B. Kopel