Ethics and Social Licence in the Blue Economy (Challenges of Globalisation)

Ethics and Social Licence in the Blue Economy squarely confronts the vexing and urgent ethical challenges related to the economic and development potential of the seas.A work of applied moral philosophy, incorporating interdisciplinary elements in law, governance and social science, it provides a multifaceted philosophical interrogation of social licence, explaining its complex relationship to concepts like legitimacy, social contract and legal licence.From this basis, it interrogates the ethics of the Blue Economy, exploring the key moral principles at stake, and how they play out in the unique context of marine industries, ocean ecologies, and coastal communities. This book delves deeply into how the world’s oceans are increasingly seen as an untapped resource, with great promises of commercial development delivering profound goods to humanity.Yet this economic growth raises serious ethical questions.It partitions off resources that are currently open for all, threatens precious ecos