Garrett Hardin

In many of the world’s major religions, political systems, and moral foundations, resource sharing is synonymous with the concepts of compassion and generosity. Many people would agree that we are morally obligated to abide by the Golden Rule and do for others as we would do for ourselves. Although many would agree that generosity and compassion through resource sharing is just, one question lingers- is it realistic? In his essay, “Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor,” Garrett Hardin argues that not only is resource sharing unrealistic, but that it can also be detrimental, as it stretches available finite resources to the point of ruin. The thesis of Hardin’s argument is that people living in rich nations should do nothing for…

Garrett Hardin contends for an exceptionally brutal postulation: we basically ought not to give support to individuals in poor nations. His contention is consequentialist: he asserts that the net consequence of doing so would be negative - would indeed be courting huge scale catastrophe. One of the things that we will recognize about Hardin's article, notwithstanding, is that whether he is correct or wrong, he paints with an extremely expansive brush. This makes it a decent contention for the…

Garrett Hardin in his article “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against helping the poor”, has taken the opposing side. Hardin claims that we already do to much to help the world's poor, as a result , they do not even help themselves. The concept of generosity and compassion can be a great act, but to the limitation where there has not have been a significant improvement is surely being taken for granted. Briefly said the lack of resources have decreased through the years trying to provide for the…

Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover Should we help the poor? Individual nations are like lifeboats. Each with a distinct carrying capacity. If the number of passengers exceed this capacity, everyone drowns. In the story “Lifeboat Ethics” by Garrett Hardin, he believes the world would be better if we didn’t help the poor. If we help the poor, then what are we doing to ourselves? In the story “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift, he believes we should help the poor. There are a few examples about how…

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…

In the argument essay “Lifeboat ethics, the case against Aid that does harm”, Garrett Hardin presents his opinions on world population and world food. The article starts off with the analogy of the Earth as a spaceship, but then advances to the Earth as a lifeboat. The reason for the move away from the spaceship analogy and onto the lifeboat analogy, is that a true spaceship would have to be under the control of a Captain, and no Captain could possibly survive if his course were to be determined…

many people who are living good lives while two thirds of the population are living a poor life. Through Lifeboat Ethics: the Case against Helping the Poor written by Garrett Hardin (1974) it explains how there are many dangers of overpopulation through the world. Hardin goes into detail about how overpopulation and having different population’s causes for an unequal resource need. Hardin’s article has many strengths and weakness to prove his point that there are many things wrong with…

Hardin’s “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor” Selfishness is exposed by Durning’s “Asking How Much Is Enough” In the short essay “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor” Garrett Hardin argues that the planet faces the problem of overpopulation. He suggest nations should stop helping the poor before the overpopulation kills everyone. He advises the wealthy to protect their resources and leave those who cannot to fend for themselves. He describes the world as being…

because we destroyed ourselves” (Abraham Lincoln). When the wealthy doesn’t help the poor the wealthy are crushing their own wealth in their country’s values. Swift’s view is better than Hardin because Swift has had the title of being poor. The wealthy should help poor. My reasons are as following; overpopulation, famine aid, and no work. In my reading “LifeBoat Ethics” by Garrett Hardin and “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift, are both similar cases in dealing with the poor but Swift’s uses…

By claiming, “undoubtedly we should desire the happiness of those whom we love, but not as an alternative to our own” (Russell 364), he demonstrates that if people only give in a relationship, but are not happy themselves, the love is not worth maintaining. Thus, in order to live “the good life” well, one must focus on self-interest rather than setting others’ needs ahead of oneself. Additionally, Garrett Hardin’s “Lifeboat Ethics,” further emphasizes that one must be self-content and not feel…