Application of Deontology to Protection of Marine Life
Deontological or duty ethics provide valuable frameworks for reasoning on how to help marine species and habits. Duty ethics would suggest that people are morally obligated to protect marine species and habitats, regardless of the potential benefits or harms (Beauchamp & Childress, 2019).
Humans have a duty to reduce plastic consumption and properly dispose of plastic products to prevent them from ending up in the ocean. This can be done using reusable bags, water bottles, and food containers and adequately disposing of plastic waste in designated recycling bins (Rajmohan et al., 2019). Individuals have a duty to make sure that fishing practices are sustainable. It involves supporting fisheries that use responsible and sustainable practices, such as those that avoid catching endangered species.
A Community Intervention Addressing Marine Life Problems
The Coral Restoration Foundation is one of the inspiring examples of a community intervention that enhances the protection and restoration of marine habitats. The organization works to restore coral reefs in Florida and the Caribbean by growing and transplanting corals and educating the public on the significance of coral reefs. In addition, the foundation advocates for stronger protections for marine life and habitats (Coral Restoration Foundation, 2018). Furthermore, they offer humans a new view of coral reefs, highlighting their ecological importance and the need to protect and restore them for future generations.
The organization provides a new view of marine species and habitats as part of a larger interconnected ecosystem that requires protection and care. The appeal of coral reefs to humans lies in their beauty, biodiversity, and the ecosystem services they provide, such as tourism and fisheries (Robles-Zavala & Reynoso, 2018). The ethical tenets of duty exist in this appeal since caring for coral reefs requires recognizing their value, and protecting them is an obligation to respect their intrinsic value and importance to the environment. People have a duty to make sure that their environment is protected.
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