Political Science 2137 Lecture Notes - Garrett Hardin, Res Nullius, John Maynard Keynes
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The tragedy of the commons: common pool resource problems and collective action. Hardin"s article part of a wave of enviro literature in 1960s-70s. Can be used to understand many contemporary environmental problems e. g. marine pollution, overfishing, climate change, space debris, etc. Tragedy of the commons: one of the most important environmental texts in the past 40 years. Rachel carson"s silent spring (1962) beginnings of that movement (public. Hardin comes in and says that the commons, historically, have exhibited the personal consciousness), etc. characteristics of humans. Something we can"t stop; something we can"t touch (according to laws of. Living on a lifeboat we shouldn"t give food assistance to poor people and poor government because we"re essentially promoting bad behaviour. Written 5 years after tragedy of the commons. He sees the problem of overpopulation as so dire. Tragedy of the commons warming as a result. E. g. dumping in oceans, atmosphere pollution, overfishing, greenhouse gas and global.