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The Ethics of Eating Fish
On the view Buchanan rejects, has long since demonstrated that
human needs are supposedly the ocean does not self-replenish—
weighed favourably against the it can adapt and change to new
needs of the ocean and its circumstances, but what is gone is
inhabitants, with the conclusion gone, it cannot be recovered or
that it is simply not an option for restored.” Thus, on his reckoning,
humans to stop eating fish to argue that marine protein
altogether. Further, it cannot be an resources are essential to feed the
ethical choice to stop or limit growing human population and also
fishing, because this amounts to the to acknowledge “that the ocean’s
loss of important livelihoods for biomass is imperilled,” is
those who catch fish. Most who tantamount to arguing that: “To
take this point of view insist that save humanity we must be
one must, somehow, aim to eat fish prepared to destroy the ocean’s
sustainably. Buchanan argues, inhabitants.” It is exactly this view
however, that the sustainability that Buchanan challenges. He
stipulation “is noble sounding,” but argues that loss of human livelihood
evidently impracticable in view of can be addressed and alternative
the alarming rate of marine species modes of employment for fishing
loss. Further, in his words, “science communities can be created. This
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