PHL273H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Food Bank
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Hardin"s analysis three main claims about population problem: this population problem is a tragedy of the commons left to their own devices, people have large families, causing misery to themselves, communities, untold damage to the environment. Hardin: the couple concept of freedom to breed with belief that everyone born has equal right to the commons is to lock the world into a tragic course of action freedom in a commons brings ruin to all. Claim two: population problem is primarily caused by/affecting developing nations. Prisoners dilemma: hardin"s tragedy of the commons has the structure of a multi- person prisoners dilemma gardiner rejects this and thus rejects analysis of population problem. Gardiner characterizes dilemma its individually rational not to cooperate but collectively rational to cooperate thus when prisoner acts in accord with individually rational, the situation is worse for everyone. "reproduction is so tied up with self interest that appealing to fairness/self interest that self interest broadly construed would work?"
