Ethics are not up to the individual, in hunting or in anything else. That is the whole point of them. I think there is a complete misunderstanding of Jose Ortega Y Gasset going on here:
The full quote related to ethics and hunting :
The essence of hunting or fishing involves a complete code of ethics of the most distinguished design. The sportsman who accepts the sporting code of ethics keeps his commandments in the greatest solitude with no witnesses or audience other than the sharp peaks of the mountain, the stern oak and the passing animal.
The point is not that hunting ethics is up to the individual, but rather the individual keeps his ethics even when he has no witnesses to hold him to them.
You immoral Heathens.![]()
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