The Delights and Dilemmas of Hunting: The Hunting Versus Anti-Hunting Debate

by Wood Jr

Overview

The pro-hunting/anti-hunting controversy is a national issue that reaches from California to New York to Florida. Hunters defend their activity while anti-hunters vehemently condemn it. This book presents arguments from both groups and will help to broaden the perspective of each side. This book will be useful to students and scholars of environmental ethics. Contents: The Case for Hunting; The Case Against Hunting; Leopold's Ethics of Hunting; Political and Religious Factors of Hunting; Responsibility, Challenge and the Future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761804727
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	12/19/1996
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.77(d)

About the Author

Forrest Wood, Jr. is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.

What People are Saying About This

H. Sterling Burnett

"...an important work that deserves a place on the bookshelves of any person who hopes to make an educated personal choice about whether to hunt, and a political choice concerning whether hunting ought to be restricted."
— H. Sterling Burnett

Editorial Reviews

...an important work that deserves a place on the bookshelves of any person who hopes to make an educated personal choice about whether to hunt, and a political choice concerning whether hunting ought to be restricted.--H. Sterling Burnett, ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES

From the Publisher

...an important work that deserves a place on the bookshelves of any person who hopes to make an educated personal choice about whether to hunt, and a political choice concerning whether hunting ought to be restricted.

H. Sterling Burnett