We’ll be debating the issue of whaling during the block schedule on Wednesday. Our topics will be:
- Do nations and cultural groups have the right to hunt whales as part of their cultural expression?
- Is hunting whales cruel because of their intelligence and socialization?
- Do the economic/scientific benefits of whaling justify it?
Some evidence will be available here, but you should primarily do your own research.
- Arguments in favor of whaling
- Arguments against whaling
Some of the best articles on the topic are available here:
- The Whale Debate
- Why Japan Keeps Whaling
- Japanese, Norwegians, and Icelanders Spout Off
- Japanese Whaling: Why the West is in the Wrong
- Opposition to Whaling: Arguments and Ethics
- Ecological Arguments Against Whaling
- Is Whaling Culturally Significant?
- The Animal Welfare Argument Against Whaling
- The Argument Against Whaling
- Why We Should Let Faeroe Islanders Hunt Whales
- Good Whale Hunting
- Why Japan Supports Whaling
