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What are the premises of Hardin's famine idea?
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P1: If we aid poorer nations and they continue to refuse responsibility for their population growth, then the conditions which cause the need for aid will persist.
P2: If the conditions for aid persist and we continue to aid, then eventually all will suffer. P3: Poorer nations have continually refused to curb their population growth. |
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What two ideologies is Hardin? What does that mean?
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neo-Malthusian- (ties the problem of world hunger to a problem with population)
consequentialist- we should NOT provide aid to people in other countries |
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Explain Hardin's lifeboat metaphor.
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the richer nations are lifeboats
the poorer nations are swimming in the water each boat has a given capacity. who/how do we help? |
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As a consequentialist Hardin believes that...
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no single person, institution has the right to destroy, waste or use more than a fair share of its resources
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Explain Hardin's ratcheting effect.
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Food aid keeps people alive that would otherwise die of famine. They live and multiply in better times, making another bigger crisis inevitable, since the food supply has not changed.
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