Introduction Throughout two scholarly articles written by William Freudenburg and Garrett Hardin, both authors seek to present their arguments about controversial topics. Within Garrett Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons, Hardin focuses his attention on overpopulation. Hardin attempts to weight possible options to address this issue and their likelihood of impact throughout today's society. In William Freudenburg’s Pollutor Shell Game, Freudenburg seeks to address the necessity to change the way people view economy and the environment.
Tragedy of the Commons Summary Throughout Garrett Hardin’s article, Tragedy of the Commons, Hardin focuses on a “problem with no technical solution”; population. In saying population has no technical solution, Hardin compares it to tick-tack-toe. While playing tick-tack-toe, individuals cannot win unless radical meaning is given to the word “win”. Likewise, …show more content…
While the common ideals have often been viewed as environment versus jobs, new evidence has began to show that environmental protection provides a source of new jobs. Furthermore, many factors contributing little to the economy are often source of some of the worst environmental problems. Freudenburg notes that years ago, many environmentalist often worried about Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons. Along with Hardin’s ideals, environmentalists shortly after focused on the book The Limits to Growth. Consequently, current evidence has combined population and affluence into the “I=PAT” equation. However, this approach hides the biggest pollution sources, hence is problematic because practices of the 1970’s are not suitable for today. Rather, recent findings show disproportionate levels between economic benefit and environmental harm. In order words, most environmental harm comes from a small percentage of all economic
Tragedy of the Commons Summary Throughout Garrett Hardin’s article, Tragedy of the Commons, Hardin focuses on a “problem with no technical solution”; population. In saying population has no technical solution, Hardin compares it to tick-tack-toe. While playing tick-tack-toe, individuals cannot win unless radical meaning is given to the word “win”. Likewise, …show more content…
While the common ideals have often been viewed as environment versus jobs, new evidence has began to show that environmental protection provides a source of new jobs. Furthermore, many factors contributing little to the economy are often source of some of the worst environmental problems. Freudenburg notes that years ago, many environmentalist often worried about Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons. Along with Hardin’s ideals, environmentalists shortly after focused on the book The Limits to Growth. Consequently, current evidence has combined population and affluence into the “I=PAT” equation. However, this approach hides the biggest pollution sources, hence is problematic because practices of the 1970’s are not suitable for today. Rather, recent findings show disproportionate levels between economic benefit and environmental harm. In order words, most environmental harm comes from a small percentage of all economic