From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 06:30:51 MDT
Greg Jordan wrote:
[gts wrote:]
>> The hunting behavior and the suffering of the animal will
>> be the same regardless of the hunter's motivation. So then
>> if sport-hunting is evil but survival-hunting is not, then
>> the evil must not emanate from the act of hunting or from
>> the suffering of the animal. The evil must instead emanate
>> from the brain activity of the sport-hunter.
>
> The calculation of value is made by the person considering
> the possibility of hunting - whether it would be better to
> hunt recreationally, or not to.
Okay, so then it appears that you agree with me that by your own definition,
the evil of sport-hunting emanates from the subjective value judgments of
the hunter rather than from the suffering of any animal he might hunt. This
must be so because you agree that survival-hunting is not evil.
But if the evil emanates only from the sport-hunter's mind then the argument
against sport-hunting evaporates. As evidenced in survival-hunting, the
suffering of animals is not in itself evil, so why not hunt?
-gts
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