Hardin argues that humans have a self desire to use as much of a resource as they please; however, these resources are limited. When humans act in their own mere interests without restriction and use as much as a limited shared resource or commons as they please, then the Tragedy of the Commons occurs. An example of “freedom in a common brings ruin to all” is with the herdsmen. The herdsmen will continue to freely add more of their own cattle to the shared land in order to maximize their gain. However, a tipping point is eventually reached where the land cannot handle more and more cows being allotted to live upon it and utilize its resources, so that the land is eventually depleted of its once-abundant resources and is essentially
Hardin argues that humans have a self desire to use as much of a resource as they please; however, these resources are limited. When humans act in their own mere interests without restriction and use as much as a limited shared resource or commons as they please, then the Tragedy of the Commons occurs. An example of “freedom in a common brings ruin to all” is with the herdsmen. The herdsmen will continue to freely add more of their own cattle to the shared land in order to maximize their gain. However, a tipping point is eventually reached where the land cannot handle more and more cows being allotted to live upon it and utilize its resources, so that the land is eventually depleted of its once-abundant resources and is essentially