PHIL 1180 Chapter Notes - Chapter Garret Hardin: Susanne Langer, Kenneth E. Boulding, Norman Borlaug
7 Nov 2016
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Problem of survival of the human species (we take it v seriously) For it to be correct, people must have to be under unitary sovereign control. ship needs a captain. could be run by a committee but could not survive if course were determined by continued ghting about rights without responsibilities. Spaceship earth has no captain or executive committee. Incrementalism moving toward reform by tiny stages counterproductive if it means accepting rights before responsibility. two cannot be introduced simultaneously. Reproduction wealthy lifeboats double in numbers every 87 years poor lifeboats double in numbers every 35 years. Us lifeboat 210 million people inc by . 8% per year double every 87 years. Extrapolation of current trends to keep the life boat a oat if rate of pop inc fast then future will turn out worse than predicted sharing will be even more suicidal.
