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Population Problems By Garett Hardin
Malthusian view stated that Human Population grows exponentially while the resources consumed by the population (mainly food)– grows
linearly. Thereby, there would be a time when the Population would exceed the supply of food, and thereby would die–off due to Famine like
situation (positive checks), or alternatively the humans themselves would use "moral restraint"– including late marriages (negative checks).
Malthus is his essay also states that parents must produce only as many children as they could afford to nourish and maintain after marriage. In
his essay "Tragedy of Commons"– Garett Hardin too speaks on very similar lines. As his abstract reads– The Population Problem has no technical
solution, it requires a fundamental extension in...show more content...
This is a very good argument, had the world been an Equal and Just world, but as we know it, the world is highly unequal in terms of
opportunities and resource distribution. While Hardin himself practices what he preached– breeding 4 children– because he and his wife, had the
capability to nurture them– but states that a poor man– must refrain from breeding more than the number of children he can nurture. Hardin also
specifies the way of Inheritance to be unjust– as "an idiot can inherit millions"– and how genetic recombination could make a mockery of the
doctrine of "like father, like son". Although Hardin does not talk in great detail in this essay as to the plans that he proposes for addressing this
population issue– he says that– "The alternative to the commons is too horrifying to contemplate. Injustice is preferable to total ruin." He
indicates through the example of Kingsley Davis– how coercion could be necessary– even if it is not unanimously agreed upon! From his Essay,
it is evident that Hardin is not unaware of Technological advancements that could alter the resources vs population issues. But why then does
Hardin not consider Boserup's Theory? Is there something more than what Hardin has expressed– is a question that that I am trying to find an
answer
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Population Problems By Garett Hardin

  • 1. Population Problems By Garett Hardin Malthusian view stated that Human Population grows exponentially while the resources consumed by the population (mainly food)– grows linearly. Thereby, there would be a time when the Population would exceed the supply of food, and thereby would die–off due to Famine like situation (positive checks), or alternatively the humans themselves would use "moral restraint"– including late marriages (negative checks). Malthus is his essay also states that parents must produce only as many children as they could afford to nourish and maintain after marriage. In his essay "Tragedy of Commons"– Garett Hardin too speaks on very similar lines. As his abstract reads– The Population Problem has no technical solution, it requires a fundamental extension in...show more content... This is a very good argument, had the world been an Equal and Just world, but as we know it, the world is highly unequal in terms of opportunities and resource distribution. While Hardin himself practices what he preached– breeding 4 children– because he and his wife, had the capability to nurture them– but states that a poor man– must refrain from breeding more than the number of children he can nurture. Hardin also specifies the way of Inheritance to be unjust– as "an idiot can inherit millions"– and how genetic recombination could make a mockery of the doctrine of "like father, like son". Although Hardin does not talk in great detail in this essay as to the plans that he proposes for addressing this population issue– he says that– "The alternative to the commons is too horrifying to contemplate. Injustice is preferable to total ruin." He indicates through the example of Kingsley Davis– how coercion could be necessary– even if it is not unanimously agreed upon! From his Essay, it is evident that Hardin is not unaware of Technological advancements that could alter the resources vs population issues. But why then does Hardin not consider Boserup's Theory? Is there something more than what Hardin has expressed– is a question that that I am trying to find an answer Get more content on HelpWriting.net