Hunting Ethics

Question 1

Which of the following is not a common approach in attempts to ethically justify hunting

a) It’s a right
b) It follows the land ethic
c) It’s fun
d) It’s natural
e) It’s healthy

Answer 1

C-Its healthy

Question 2

Hunters inadvertently function somewhat like animal rights and migrant laborer activists
when killing animals to eat (True/False)

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Describe how a pure venison diet would be more morally acceptable than veganism using
animal rights arguments.

Answer 3

No hidden laborers
 No hiding nature
 No hiding death

Local free range food
 Contribution to sustainability
 Linking modern society with nature

Question 4

Describe one of the hunting hypotheses (including its positive and negative aspects), and
then argue for whether you think it is a useful tool for making hunting more socially
legitimate.

Answer 4

Food comes from nature

 Wild food comes with a story