Approaching Justice
Eddie Vedder, of the rock band Pearl Jam, offers a Utilitarian assessment of the gun situation in American society:
In many ways, Vedder’s thoughts remind me of the philosopher Jeff McMahan’s argument that I looked at back in May.
Vedder’s argument about guns is not particularly articulate or sophisticated (and he can be both). However, it very much mirrors my sentiments about guns.
In March, I referred to the gun culture of Wyoming as a a form of cultural psychosis. It is a form of psychosis that reaches far beyond Wyoming.
In the grand cultural divide, I will take Eddie Vedder over Ted Nugent any day. The above clip reminds me why.
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