Hook, Line and Thinker

Angling & Ethics

'Anglers feel instinctively that their sport is not cruel. This book explains why their instincts are right - and exposes the confused philosophy of their accusers.'

The anti-fieldsports lobby has led the debate on hunting, fishing and shooting for the last decade. Hook, Line and Thinkeris a book which turns the tables on the 'antis' and takes a fresh look at the assumptions which many now accept as facts.

• What is meant by cruelty?
• How do you measure pain?
• Who says man is an animal, and that all animals are equal?
• Is man a fish without scales, or is he something different?
• If catching and releasing a fish is cruel, then how cruel is eating one?
• When fieldsports have been banned, will we be asked to become vegetarians too?
• Where does religion fit in with fieldsports?
• How can one justify keeping a pet cat, which tortures before it kills?

Here is a book which tackles these issues from the philosophical viewpoint. It examines the ethics of the anti-fieldsports lobby and takes their arguments back to their roots.

The conclusions expose the precarious philosophical ground of the anti-fieldsports lobby. It is they who should be on the run.

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Illustrations:
colour and b&w illustrations, 17 Halftones, black & white

Pages:
224

Published:
Apr 17, 2003

ISBN:
9781873674598