Philosophy 2033A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ecological Footprint, Ozone Depletion, Ultraviolet
1 Jan 2019
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Introduction lecture: exponential growth: the more x increases, the more y increases, the more people there are, the more people there can be, industrial growth, population growth. The madhouse effect article: tobacco strategy: efforts to discredit scientific evidence of harm to the environment, a. k. a. Think tank strategy: casting doubt on the harmful effects of tobacco, making consumers doubt that it is bad, cap and trade: market-driven approach to reducing pollution that is roundly derided by present-day. The tragedy of the commons article: concerned with no technical solution problems , population problem, tragedy of the commons, the earth is a comparable commons". Commons" was traditionally an area of shared land where livestock would live. If neither of you turn the other person in, nobody will reap the benefits: solution to the tragedy of the commons: mutual coercion mutually agreed upon, everyone will give up some freedoms.
