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Is fishing unethical? Always unethical? What do the panelists feel and why? BW
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January 31, 2006

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Oliver Leaman
February 2, 2006 (changed February 2, 2006) Permalink

If fish feel pain, then I cannot see how it could be easily justified. Even if they don't feel pain, fishing might mean interrupting their lives unjustifiably, if we were to keep them out of the water, although if we were to throw them back this would not be such a problem. Of course, it might be that we would need to fish to stay alive, and then a new set of considerations come in. But unless some good argument can be produced to show that fish as a life form are not deserving of consideration, I cannot see how fishing is morally acceptable.

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