The Power of Words in International Relations: Birth of an Anti-Whaling Discourse
Let me make this absolutely clear right from the start: in no way am I
advocating the killing of whales. What has puzzled me about these ani-
mals is the way in which, sometime in the middle of the twentieth cen-
tury, we shifted dramatically from a world where killing whales was
widespread and unquestioned to one where it is morally wrong and
those who continue to do so are frowned upon. Yet, by that point, blue
whales had been known to be endangered for over three decades, and
this did not stop us from hunting them down all the harder. Was this re-
ally, then, about protecting whales? Or was this more about us humans
and how we interact with one another? Or perhaps it was both, about
how we relate to one another and to our natural environment.
advocating the killing of whales. What has puzzled me about these ani-
mals is the way in which, sometime in the middle of the twentieth cen-
tury, we shifted dramatically from a world where killing whales was
widespread and unquestioned to one where it is morally wrong and
those who continue to do so are frowned upon. Yet, by that point, blue
whales had been known to be endangered for over three decades, and
this did not stop us from hunting them down all the harder. Was this re-
ally, then, about protecting whales? Or was this more about us humans
and how we interact with one another? Or perhaps it was both, about
how we relate to one another and to our natural environment.
Epstein, Charlotte - Personal Name
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