Cannabis - Philosophy for Everyone What Were We Just Talking About?

by Allhoff, Fritz; Jacquette, Dale; Cusick, Rick

• ISBN13: 9781405199674
• ISBN10: 1405199679
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-11
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The debate on the status and legality of cannabis continues to gain momentum. Here, personal anecdotes combined with academic and scientific reports combine to sharpen some of the fascinating philosophical issues associated with cannabis use. A frank, professionally informed and playful discussion of cannabis usage in relation to philosophical inquiry Considers the meaning of a 'high', the morality of smoking marijuana for pleasure, the slippery slope to more dangerous drugs, and the human drive to alter our consciousness Not only incorporates contributions from philosophers, psychologists, sociologists or legal, pharmacological, and medical experts, but also non-academics associated with the cultivation, distribution, and sale of cannabis Brings together an international team of writers from the United States, Canada, UK, Finland, Switzerland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Iran

Author Biography

Dale Jacquette is Senior Professorial Chair in Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Fritz Allhoff is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xii
Preface	p. xv
Introduction: What is Cannabis and How Can We Get Some?	p. 1
Cannabis Phenomenology	p. 19
A Cannabis Odyssey	p. 21
Seeing Snakes: On Delusion, Knowledge, and the Drug Experience	p. 35
The Cannabis Experience: An Analysis of ôFlowö	p. 50
Marijuana and Spiritual Enlightenment	p. 63
Buzz, High, and Stoned: Metaphor, Meaning, and the Cannabis Experience	p. 65
The Great Escape	p. 77
Cannabis and the Human Condition: ôSomething of the Kind is Indispensableö	p. 90
Creatively High	p. 101
Hallucinatory Terror: The World of the Hashish Eater	p. 103
Marijuana and Creativity	p. 114
Navigating Creative Inner Space on the Innocent Pleasures of Hashish	p. 121
Psycho-Sociological Dimensions of Cannabis Culture	p. 137
Cannabis and the Culture of Alienation	p. 139
Reefer Madness: Cannabis, the Individual, and Public Policy	p. 149
Soft vs. Hard: Why Drugs are Not Like Eggs	p. 162
Cannabis Ethics and Politics	p. 173
ôSmoking Pot Doesn't Hurt Anyone But Me!ö Why Adults Should be Allowed to Consume Cannabis	p. 175
Pot Politics: Prohibition and Morality	p. 192
Cannabis and the Good Life: Needs, Capabilities, and Human Flourishing	p. 214
Weakness of Will: The Cannabis Connection	p. 226
Notes on Contributors	p. 236
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