It is arguable that since killing for food is an instinct, that it is how we are supposed to be. You can argue that we dont need to kill animals in modern day society to survive, and this is why we should not kill animals because we can survive without doing unnecesary harm. Ok, I cant disagree with that, but it does not mean that it is unjust.
Hunting and slaughterhouses are completely different. The results are not the same. You corrupt an animal at the last minute of its life with hunting. At a slaughterhouse you deny the animal life. Getting killed for food is part of survival, this can directly be compared to an eagle killing a mouse. Dying is a part of life, and everything eventually dies. So the end result is the same, regardless of i kill the deer, or disease kills the deer.
A sport is defined as "Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively." (Dictionary.com). Hunting is physical in the sense that you need to hiker ut in the woods, wait for a deer to come, silently take yor gun, shoot it, and then track it down by following a blood trail if it didnt drop immediatly. Their are definitely rules and customs, and can be competitive in some instances. So by definition and not based on a certain set of morals, hunting is a sport.
I agree with you that slaughterhouses are unjust, but hunting is justified through giving the animal a valid life, and that you are using the meat that you killed. Since you are indeed using it for survival (food), it is justified.
And I was indeed using the food chain as an argument, but not as a fact that has to be considered. I considered it arguable, agreeing that the two sides can be equally taken, with none being the better side to take. Since we are civilized, the food chain has no meaning to our survival. We survive by no means of traditional survival tactics, so they no longer apply to us. And then it can still be argued that we are animals by definition.
It can also be argued that since humans used to be polygamous, cannibals, and move in packs that this is the way we were meant to live since it was our instincts. We werent really meant for anything, except survival and freedom to do what we want.
Hunting and slaughterhouses are completely different. The results are not the same. You corrupt an animal at the last minute of its life with hunting. At a slaughterhouse you deny the animal life. Getting killed for food is part of survival, this can directly be compared to an eagle killing a mouse. Dying is a part of life, and everything eventually dies. So the end result is the same, regardless of i kill the deer, or disease kills the deer.
A sport is defined as "Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively." (Dictionary.com). Hunting is physical in the sense that you need to hiker ut in the woods, wait for a deer to come, silently take yor gun, shoot it, and then track it down by following a blood trail if it didnt drop immediatly. Their are definitely rules and customs, and can be competitive in some instances. So by definition and not based on a certain set of morals, hunting is a sport.
I agree with you that slaughterhouses are unjust, but hunting is justified through giving the animal a valid life, and that you are using the meat that you killed. Since you are indeed using it for survival (food), it is justified.
And I was indeed using the food chain as an argument, but not as a fact that has to be considered. I considered it arguable, agreeing that the two sides can be equally taken, with none being the better side to take. Since we are civilized, the food chain has no meaning to our survival. We survive by no means of traditional survival tactics, so they no longer apply to us. And then it can still be argued that we are animals by definition.
It can also be argued that since humans used to be polygamous, cannibals, and move in packs that this is the way we were meant to live since it was our instincts. We werent really meant for anything, except survival and freedom to do what we want.
