PHI 208 Boycotting Plastic Production PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Part 1: E

  PHI 208  Boycotting Plastic Production  PHI 208: Ethics and Moral   Reasoning  Part 1: Ethical Question  Is there a moral obligation to boycott products whose production is destructive to water pollution?  Part 2: Introduction  We all have seen the gut wrenching videos of sea turtles having to have plastic straws cut out of their nose, whales getting caught in fishing nets, and seals with netting cutting into their necks. Its no secret that our oceans are polluted with plastic but are we obligated to boycott the production of plastic because of this? Plastic is an everyday item that most of us dont consider how its life cycle affects the world around us. Every stage of plastics life cycle affects the environment whether its from emissions, polluting oceans and landfills, and affecting marine life. Every year 275 million metric tons of plastic waste is produced and every year up to 8  m