Philosophy in the Contemporary World 8 (2):101-112 (2001)
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Anti-hunters frequently overlook or underestimate the positive values associated with reflective sport hunting. In this essay I characterize the value of hunting in the context of an Aristotelian virtue ethic. Sport hunting done for the purpose of recreation contributes heavily to the eudaimonia (flourishing) of hunters. I employ Aristotelian insights about tragedy to defend hunting as an activity especially well-suited for promoting a range of crucial intellectual and emotional virtues. Reflective sport hunters develop a “realistic awareness of death” and experience what may be called “tragic” pleasure, which yields the important intellectual virtue of tragic wisdom
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Keywords | Applied Philosophy Contemporary Philosophy |
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ISBN(s) | 1077-1999 |
DOI | 10.5840/pcw20018225 |
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