Cultural whaling, commodification, and culture change

    Authors

    R. Hawkins

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Environ. Ethics

    Keywords

    Ethics; Environmental Studies

    Abstract

    Whaling is back on the international stage as pro-whaling interests push to reopen commercial whaling by overturning the moratorium imposed in 1986. Proponents of ending the ban are using two strategies: (1) appealing to public sentiment that supports indigenous subsistence whaling by attempting to cloak commercial whaling in the same guise and (2) maintaining that reopening commercial whaling is the "scientific" option. I reject both ploys, and instead shift the focus for global debate to scrutinizing the industrial economic model that Western culture is currently imposing on the rest of the world, a model which ultimately reduces all life forms to mere commodities for the marketplace.

    Journal Title

    Environmental Ethics

    Volume

    23

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2001

    Document Type

    Editorial Material

    Language

    English

    First Page

    287

    Last Page

    306

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000170917700005

    ISSN

    0163-4275

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