Hunting, Fishing, and Environmental Virtue
Hunting, Fishing, and Environmental Virtue
Reconnecting Sportsmanship and Conservation
Do hunting and fishing lead to the development of environmentalvirtues? In Hunting, Fishing, and Environmental Virtue,Charles List provides an ethical defense of field sports, arguing thatthere is a connection between them and conservation. The book examinesenvironmental virtues present in the conservation practiced by TheodoreRoosevelt and Aldo Leopold; considers arguments frequently deployedagainst hunting and fishing; and examines the changes needed toincorporateand reinvigorate the connection between field sports andvirtue.
Charles J. List grew up hunting pheasants andfishing for walleyes in Minnesota and Iowa. A professor of philosophyat SUNY-Plattsburgh in northern New York, he teaches collegecourses on environmental ethics, outdoor ethics, fly fishing, andhunting ethics and has authored numerous articles on the ethicalissues surrounding hunting and fishing.
Part One: Philosophy and Field Sports
Chapter 1: The Sportsman Thesis
Chapter 2: From Beginner to Expert
Chapter 3: Character Enriching Activities
Part Two: Environmental Ethics and Field Sports
Chapter 4: From Gentlemen to Conservationists
Chapter 5: The Biotic Good
Chapter 6: Environmental Virtues
Part Three: Problems for the Sportsman Thesis
Chapter 7: The Substitution Problem
Chapter 8: The Elitism of Field Sports
Chapter 9: Codes for Field Sports
Part Four: Implications for the Future of Field Sports
Chapter 10: Sportsmen and Citizenship
Chapter 11: Money and Politics
Chapter 12: Sportsmen Education
Chapter 13: Game and Wildlife
Chapter 14: The Structure of Outdoor Recreation
