Garret Hardin: Ecological necessity of Confronting overpopulation

Question 1

Each man… in a world that is limited. Ruin is…….brings ruin to all

Answer 1

• Each man is locked into a system
• that compels him to increase his herd without limit-in a world that is limited.
• Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush,
• each pursuing his own best interest in a society that belie7eves in the freedom of the commons.
• Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all

Question 2

IF each human….. but our society is …tragedy of the commons

Answer 2

• If each human family were dependent only on its own resources;
• if the children of improvident parents starved to death;
• if, thus, overbreeding brought its own punishment” to the germ line
• -then there would be no public interest in controlling the ebreeding of families.
• But our society is deeply committed to the welfare state,

Question 3

The truth that…

Answer 3

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy

Question 4

The carrying capacity

Answer 4

• The carrying capacity of a particular area is defined as
• the maximum number of a species that can be supported indefinitely
• by a particular habitat,
• allowing for seasonal and random changes,
• without degradation of the environment and
• without diminishing carrying capacity in the future.

Question 5

Ecology, a system based….

Answer 5

Ecology, a system based view of the world, demands situational ethics

Question 6

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

Answer 6

Who will guard the guards themselves?

Question 7

Taboo is…

Answer 7

• Taboo is a compositive thing:
• there is ‘the primary taboo, surrounding the thing that mustn ot be discussed;
• around this is the secondary taboo,
• a taboo against even acknowledging the existence of the primary taboo.”

Question 8

Talmudic saying

Answer 8

IF I am not for myself, who will be for me?

If I am for myself only, what am I?

If not now, when?

Question 9

It is a pity that the United nations has called for

Answer 9

It is a pity that the united nations has called for family sovereignty without coupling it to family responsibility.

Question 10

As harrison brown said,

Answer 10

• “our country will be covered completely
• and to a considerable depth
• with a writhing mass of human beings,
• much as a dead cow is covered with a pulsating mass of maggots”

Question 11

Raymond B Cowled suggested the

Answer 11

non-baby bonus

Beginning at the age of fifteen each girl would receive a generous sum on each Christmas Day if she has not had a child during the preceding twelve months.

Question 12

What shouldn’t we send to struggling countrys

Answer 12

Clearly the worst thing we can do is send food. The child who is saed today becomes a breeder tomorrow

Question 13

What should we send to struggling coutries

Answer 13

luxxuries, contraceptives, and knowledge