Garrett Hardin Lifeboat Ethics Summary

This passage or article was written by controversial ecologist, his name is Garrett Hardin.
Hardin wrote a lot of significant papers, for instance, “The Tragedy of the Commons” (1963). In the passage of “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor” which is written by Hardin, the main argument is about rich and poor countries. He states that rich countries should not help poor ones, so the rich countries do not have to share their resources with the poor countries. In addition, he illustrates in the passage that the rich countries are in a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean and the poor ones in the water fighting for survival. Also, he said that the increase in the number of population in poor nations should be considered in mind as soon as possible, or it will be chaos everywhere.

Hardin is shown in the passage that the Earth as a lifeboat in the sea. He divided the world in two, rich and poor countries. The rich countries are the people in the lifeboat and the poor are the ones in the sea begging for help to survive. He illustrated that in the lifeboat there is a limited capacity to have people and if the people of the boat want to survive, they need to as much as it could be under the limit capacity. Even though, he states that rich people in the boat have a quality conscience of having the …show more content…
He gave convincing points such as the numbers in the boat and how it will drown if it exceeds beyond the capacity limit. In addition, his numbers and theory were very accurate, especially when it comes to the overpopulation issue. Furthermore, the way he connected both the lifeboat with the life resource is so convincing. Also, how they will lose the safety factor. He argued it completely logical. Moreover, he gave a significant point to the people who feel guilty. He said if they feel that way, why they get on the boat from the first