Hunting, Fishing, and Environmental Virtue
Hunting, Fishing, and Environmental Virtue
Reconnecting Sportsmanship and Conservation
Do hunting and fishing lead to the development of environmental virtues? In Hunting, Fishing, and Environmental Virtue, Charles List provides an ethical defense of field sports, arguing that there is a connection between them and conservation. The book examines environmental virtues present in the conservation practiced by Theodore Roosevelt and Aldo Leopold; considers arguments frequently deployed against hunting and fishing; and examines the changes needed to incorporateand reinvigorate the connection between field sports and virtue.
Charles J. List grew up hunting pheasants and fishing for walleyes in Minnesota and Iowa. A professor of philosophy at SUNY-Plattsburgh in northern New York, he teaches college courses on environmental ethics, outdoor ethics, fly fishing, and hunting ethics and has authored numerous articles on the ethical issues 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
