blood sports

Question 1

what are blood sports

Answer 1

a sport that involves an animal being killed or wounded for the entertainment of others

Question 2

why competitive fishing acceptable

Answer 2

• people fish all the time for food
• fish arent endangered
• can release in the sea after
• relaxation

Question 3

wgy is competitve fishing not acceptable

Answer 3

• fish have trauma
• fish are in pain with the hooks
• it is pointless, isnt for food

Question 4

why is fox hunting acceptable

Answer 4

• sport
• fun
• tradition and history
• god put animals here for us to use –> dominion
• dogs would hunt anyways

Question 5

why is fox hunting not acceptable

Answer 5

• unnecessary violence
• arbitrary
• can endanger forest if not regulated
• cruelty towards foxes and no sportsmanship
• more humane ways of killing foxes
• illegal

Question 6

why is bull fighting acceptable

Answer 6

• entertainment
• bull trained to fight are raised purposely
• part of cultures and customs
• tourist attraction
• bulls are violent anyways

Question 7

why is bull fighting not acceptable

Answer 7

• dangerous for humans if they get out of control
• cruel
• animal is purposefully tormented even before it fights
• slaughtered after the event

Question 8

why is dog fighting acceptable

Answer 8

• betting
• animals are naturally aggressive anyways

Question 9

why is dog fighting not acceptable

Answer 9

• upset dog owners
• dogs that are trained to fight are dangerous for humans
• illegal, underground, links to drug dealing and trafficking
• infected with drugs and using other animals to wind the up, dangerous

Question 10

natural ML and blood sports (synderesis rule, teleology)

Answer 10

• violence is bad, not protecting Gods creation + animal rights
• evil to take away tradition and livelihood
• modern? are they even needed?
• animal purpose to serve as entertainment, dominion not respecting God
• also can eat from the hunted as it preserves innocent life (but the risk of death in the process)

Question 11

natural ML and blood sports (primary and secondary precepts)

Answer 11

• respecting God, dominion vs stewardship
• order: senseless unethical fighting, protest and campaigning cause disorder, dog fighting is illegal but still practiced, leading to disorder
• risk of death for extreme blood sports does not preserve innocent life; but sustenance can preserve innocent life through survival
• thomas Aq: opposed to blood sports that are illegal due to order in society is disrupted

Question 12

natural ML and blood sports (deontology)

Answer 12

• duty to protect earth and God’s creation

Question 13

natural ML and blood sports (real and apparent goods)

Answer 13

• apparent good is to allow blood sport for entertainment, dominion
• real good: stewardship, modern view

Question 14

natural ML and blood sports (interior and exterior acts)

Answer 14

• exterior acts: bad
• could have more productive uses for the animals

Question 15

natural ML and blood sports (God)

Answer 15

• ‘love thy neighbour’
• entertainment vs using for food/medicine

Question 16

natural ML and blood sports (double effect)

Answer 16

• intended for fun but actually hurts animals/creation/nature

Question 17

natural ML and blood sports (reason)

Answer 17

• conscience, protecting animals or human enjoyment

Question 18

virtue ethics and blood sports (teleology)

Answer 18

• brings people together, tradition, design and purpose of hunters is fulfilled

Question 19

virtue ethics and blood sports (eudaimonia)

Answer 19

• makes people happy through enjoyment

Question 20

virtue ethics and blood sports (pleasure, hon, contemplation)

Answer 20

• pleasure, engagement
• honour: bull fighting for others entertainment

Question 21

virtue ethics and blood sports (reason)

Answer 21

• humans are higher than animals due to reason which distinguishes
• humans can use reason to decide the benefits of blood sports

Question 22

virtue ethics and blood sports (community)

Answer 22

• brings community together, tradition
• unethical? protests etc
• dog fighting is detrimental for a community

Question 23

virtue ethics and blood sports (doctrine of the mean, non numerical)

Answer 23

• needs regulation to keep it safe
• are any acceptable?

Question 24

virtue ethics and blood sports (moral and intellectual virtues)

Answer 24

• courage, bullfighting
• patience: hunting and shooting –> are any really moral virtues if they come from ethically dubious violence?
• skill, resourcefulness due to competition

Question 25

situation ethics and blood sports (teleological)

Answer 25

• end result = violence –> dog fighting leads to drug distribution and trafficking etc
• however, bull fighting gives money to economies and supports local area due to cultural tradition

Question 26

situation ethics and blood sports (situationist)

Answer 26

• legalist: not legal dog fighting
• situational: tradition, what does each individual sport bring about (food, economic gain vs harming local communities)

Question 27

situation ethics and blood sports (agape)

Answer 27

• humanity?
• entertainment with consequences

Question 28

situation ethics and blood sports (four working principles)

Answer 28

• prag: practical? easier and more humane ways to get food than fox hunting eg
• rel: depends on sport, culture or a waste of time (fox hunting helps the farmland)
• pos: god gives dominion for food so why not sports, stewardship new concept
• pers: people are shown love through enjoyment, or boosted economy or protecting farm as a livelihood etc

Question 29

situation ethics and blood sports (6 fundamental principles)

Answer 29

• love only is al good: depends on the type of sport and animal rights, love for them??
• love = justice: protecting farms from foxes, fairness, protecting livelihood; some are illegal so are they just if against the law
• love is not liking: discount opinions
• love decides there and then: different impacts of the different sports