Hunting - Philosophy for Everyone: In Search of the Wild Life

Foreword: Hunting as Philosophy Professor xii
David Petersen

Acknowledgments xvi
Nathan Kowalsky

Picking Up the Trail: An Introduction to Hunting – Philosophy for Everyone 1
Nathan Kowalsky

Part I The Good, The Bad, and The Hunter 9

1 Taking a Shot: Hunting in the Crosshairs 11
Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza

2 But They Can’t Shoot Back: What Makes Fair Chase Fair? 23
Theodore R. Vitali

3 A Shot in the Dark: The Dubious Prospects of Environmental Hunting 33
Lisa Kretz

4 Hunting Like a Vegetarian: Same Ethics, Different Flavors 45
Tovar Cerulli

5 What You Can’t Learn from Cartoons: Or, How to Go Hunting After Watching Bambi 56
Gregory A. Clark

Part II The Hunter’s View of the World 67

6 Hunting for Meaning: A Glimpse of the Game 69
Brian Seitz

7 Getting By with a Little Help from My Hunter: Riding to Hounds in English Foxhound Packs 80
Alison Acton

8 Tracking in Pursuit of Knowledge: Teachings of an Algonquin Anishinabe Bush Hunter 93
Jacob Wawatie and Stephanie Pyne

9 Living with Dead Animals? Trophies as Souvenirs of the Hunt 107
Garry Marvin

Part III Eating Nature Naturally 119

10 The Carnivorous Herbivore: Hunting and Culture in Human Evolution 121
Valerius Geist

11 The Fear of the Lord: Hunting as if the Boss is Watching 134
Janina Duerr

12 Hunting: A Return to Nature? 149
Roger J. H. King

13 The Camera or the Gun: Hunting through Different Lenses 161
Jonathan Parker

14 Flesh, Death, and Tofu: Hunters, Vegetarians, and Carnal Knowledge 171
T. R. Kover

Part IV The Antler Chandelier: Hunting in Culture, Politics, and Tradition 185

15 The Sacred Pursuit: Reflections on the Literature of Hunting 187
Roger Scruton

16 Big Game and Little Sticks: Bowmaking and Bowhunting 198
Kay Koppedrayer

17 Going to the Dogs: Savage Longings in Hunting Art 210
Paula Young Lee

18 The New Artemis? Women Who Hunt 225
Debra Merskin

19 Off the Grid: Rights, Religion, and the Rise of the Eco-Gentry 239
James Carmine

Notes on Contributors 252