The Canadian Harp Seal Hunt: A Moral Assessment

• Main Author: Sumner, L. W.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: WBI Studies Repository 1983
• Subjects: Harp seals; moral objectivity; harvesting seals; hunt management costs; Animal Studies; Canada; Sumner; Harp Seal
• Online Access: https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/ijsap/vol4/iss2/8; https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1211&context=ijsap

Sumner is a philosopher who attempts to unpick the various issues in the debate over the Harp Seal hunt in Canada. An objective treatment of the issues underlying the harp seal hunt is complex because of the high level of emotion on both sides, but it is also necessary to attempt it if uncommitted a...