A fuzzy ontology: on the relevance of ecocentrism in marine environmental ethics

• Published in: WMU journal of maritime affairs Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 59 - 71
• Main Author: von Negenborn, Colin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.03.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Areas beyond national jurisdiction; Environmental ethics; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Ethics; Jurisdiction; Law; Law and Criminolgy; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Marine environment; Ocean space; Offshore Engineering; Ontology; Public International Law; The Area; Environmental ethics; Common heritage; Ecocentrism; Ocean governance

Governing human interaction in the maritime space implicitly rests on the ascription of value to this space. Environmental ethics helps to disentangle the many concepts of value that may come in conflict. As a particularly contested concept, ecocentrism assigns value not just at the atomistic level,...