“The categorical imperative, which declares action per se as objectively necessary without reference to any purpose, that is, even without any other purpose, is valid as an apodictically practical principle, (Foundations of the metaphysics of morality, 2nd section, Immanuel Kant, 1797). The killing of animals is necessary because it provides some vitamins and minerals necessary for survival; but sometimes the killing can be taken to extremes. By using these animals as a means to an end, or as a tool for survival, it could be argued that Kant would not be in favor because only personal gain is achieved through these actions. “The theory of utility, by it, does not mean something that can be contrasted with pleasure, but pleasure itself, together with exemption from pain” (Utilitarianism, chapter 2, John Stuart Mill, 1863). Murder through sport is morally immoral because it has no purpose for the greater good, which might lead us to believe that Mill would not have been an advocate of sport but would have been for the sake of survival because humans use c 'it's time more usefully than