Africa Begins at the Pyrenees
Moral Outrage, Hypocrisy, and the Spanish Bullfight
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15021917 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cathryn Bailey (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-38 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics & the Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1085-6633 • E-ISSN: 1535-5306 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/ete.2007.12.1.23 |
| OpenAlex | W2040849089 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
The long history of criticism directed at bullfighting usually suggests that there is something especially morally noxious about it. I analyze the claims that bullfighting is distinctively immoral, comparing it to more widely accepted practices such as the slaughtering of animals for food. I conclude that, while bullfighting is horrific, the emphasis on it as especially uncivilized may serve to disguise the similarities that it has with other practices that also depend on animal suffering. I conclude that, for many, the hypocritical maintenance of a self-image as civilized, despite great moral crimes committed against animals, seems to be facilitated by a focus on this especially dramatic example of animal cruelty
Aesthetics · Criminology · Criticism · Cruelty · Environmental ethics · Hypocrisy · Immorality · Morality · Outrage · Political science · Sociology · Animal Law and Welfare · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Philosophy · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2021 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |