Killin' Stuff: An Essay on Ethics

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"peterdulux"

"T3PRanch"The "Creator" did not set up a world where life and death are in constant conflict. That was caused by the introduction of disobedience by man to the Creators command which changed the entire fabric of creation from perfect to imperfect. Disobedience gave rise to death and suffering which never existed prior to that action by mankind! Everything since is the result of man making the "wrong" choices which always brings suffering of MANY who had nothing to do with the bad choices of the perpetrator!

The result is something will always die so you might live ............... whether you eat plant or animal!

Thurmond

Well said. 
Not a believer in the Theistic Evolution theory.

Religion is religion... you pick your own poison. He is no doubt allowed to believe what he chooses to believe, just as you are.

 

[RWSx3]

VERY well written article! What we take from it,, or form opinions of the writer or the content, is of our own choice.
It will likely not change many of our decisions as to the eradication of an unwanted animal or bird pest that make themself present in "our space" as wild things will do. It MAY make us (in our minds) ask the question of ethics, that split second before squeezing the trigger on whatever is in our sights.

 

[ebigham1]

I don't enjoy Killing but, I hunt, raise and slaughter my own food for the better treatment of the animals. I don't approve of the way animals are treated in some commercial slaughter houses so I raise them and slaughter them on my farm. I know they have had a good life and were treated well. I feed, take care of and even pet them everyday. When it comes time for killing them my day is filled with sadness and gratefulness. The only joy is knowing that they were treated good while they were here. 

 

[Grumpytroll]

I was raised around hunting and fishing my parents owned a gun shop and bait and tackle store when I was growing up in the 50's and 60's and was taught to only kill what I was going to eat. But we still did pesting racoons in the orange groves rabbits in the garden but out of it all I enjoyed the squirrel and deer hunting with dogs. The group we hunted with back then I was the youngest and my younger brother and I are just about all that is left out of 18 or so hunters. When we killed a deer we devided up the meat, and the squirrels we ate in camp. Oh and back then when hunters said big game that meant hunting in Africa or Alaska. LOL I just got back into squirrel hunting this past Nov/2016 using airguns. I sure do miss the old days but just have to make some new memories.
Thanks Guys
Grumpy

 

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"Grumpytroll" I was raised around hunting and fishing my parents owned a gun shop and bait and tackle store when I was growing up in the 50's and 60's and was taught to only kill what I was going to eat. But we still did pesting racoons in the orange groves rabbits in the garden but out of it all I enjoyed the squirrel and deer hunting with dogs. The group we hunted with back then I was the youngest and my younger brother and I are just about all that is left out of 18 or so hunters. When we killed a deer we devided up the meat, and the squirrels we ate in camp. Oh and back then when hunters said big game that meant hunting in Africa or Alaska. LOL I just got back into squirrel hunting this past Nov/2016 using airguns. I sure do miss the old days but just have to make some new memories.
Thanks Guys
Grumpy

I hear you brother. I too remember that "Big Game" meant Africa or Alaska. I was a bow hunter in the 60's. My little 43# Red Wing took a few deer and some small game way back then. I was young and there was an old man who would hunt with us. He made the best port oxford cedar arrows you ever saw. He liked 4 fletch mounted 75/115 so they would clear the arrow rest better. He would go out to hunt and fall asleep at the base of a tree every time. Just liked being in the woods I guess. I thought I'd never be like him. Now I am him and I make a pretty good port oxford cedar arrow too.

 

[beerthief]

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[JimD]

I agree it's a well written opinion and I largely agree with it. The only additional point I would make is that some of the pleasure in making a clean kill shot is similar to the feeling from shooting a 10 or an X on a target. Or hitting the trigger plate on a falling target. Or hitting the small swinging targets of my know your limits target. It is not the same shooting an inanimate object but part of the pleasure of the kill shot is the fact that I hit what I was aiming at. The reason to take the shot needs to be a good one but when it is, then it is whether I can manage my nerves and put the shot where it belongs.

 

[Baldone]

Well put

 

[wilsontaylor]

Probably going to get negative accuracy for this, but, looking at MoeHoffer's accuracy, someone gave him negative feedback for this post. How is it fair or remotely just to criticize him for replying to another person religious post with his own?

Aside form evolution being labeled "science", it's just another faith based religion.

Call me a troll but when you start posting like the OP's and mingle things like ethics, creator, and the like, the topic is going to turn this way. i have not read all the forum rules, but if the rules indicate no political, religious topics, then the OP's cannot be excluded from the rules.

I just looked for forum rules and could not find anything stating these topics couldn't be discussed on essay writers ai. If I missed it, would someone correct me.

If they are permitted, then those that do not approve of such discussions shouldn't read them, let alone be permitted to leave a negative accuracy rating.

NFT

While it's impossible to foresee the exact questions, applied ethics hasn't been a focus before. A comprehensive essay on this topic seems daunting; it would ideally include discussions on Kantianism, Aristotelianism, utilitarianism, and meta-ethics—all fundamental to the ethics unit. I've outlined a generic essay plan adaptable to any specific ethics issue on the syllabus. However, do you think preparing such a detailed essay in advance is worthwhile? Could this topic potentially be chosen for our essay question?