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'Piracy' On the High Seas: An Analysis of Bratton's Sea Ethic
- Ethics & the Environment
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 12, Number 2, Autumn 2007
- pp. 93-115
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In "Thinking Like a Mackerel," Susan Power Bratton attempts to develop a sea ethic based on the writings of Rachel Carson. This article critically evaluates Bratton's position using an analysis of a contemporary problem on the high seas as a basis: the theft of the Patagonian tooth fish in the Southern Ocean. Various possibilities for providing philosophical and legal bases for the protection of the sea realm are explored.