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Hunting, Fishing, and Environmental Virtue: Reconnecting Sportsmanship and Conservation
Charles J. List
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Description for Hunting, Fishing, and Environmental Virtue: Reconnecting Sportsmanship and Conservation
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: RNA; WSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Do hunting and fishing lead to the development of environmental virtues? This question is at the heart of philosopher Charles List’s engaging study, which provides a defence of field sports when they are practiced and understood in an ethical manner.
In his argument, List examines the connection between certain activities and the development of virtue in the classical sources, such as Aristotle and Plato. He then explores the work of Aldo Leopold, identifying three key environmental virtues that field sports instil in practitioners in the kind of conservation advocated by Leopold and others.
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Do hunting and fishing lead to the development of environmental virtues? This question is at the heart of philosopher Charles List’s engaging study, which provides a defence of field sports when they are practiced and understood in an ethical manner.
In his argument, List examines the connection between certain activities and the development of virtue in the classical sources, such as Aristotle and Plato. He then explores the work of Aldo Leopold, identifying three key environmental virtues that field sports instil in practitioners in the kind of conservation advocated by Leopold and others.
After reviewing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870717147
SKU
V9780870717147
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99-15
About Charles J. List
A professor of philosophy at SUNY-Plattsburgh, USA, Charles J. List grew up hunting pheasants and fishing for walleyes in Minnesota and Iowa. He is the author of numerous articles on the ethical issues surrounding hunting and fishing and teaches college courses on environmental ethics, outdoor ethics, fly fishing, and hunting ethics, as well as hunter education courses for New York ... Read more
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