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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…

For some the answer is clear we should all strive to help as many people as possible. While for others it 's best to focus on our own issues and well-being instead of involving ourselves in others. Garret Hardin addresses this concept of help in his essay “Lifeboat Ethics”, he discusses several subjects such as foreign…

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…

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…

John Wesley Hardin Birth, the passageway into this cruel and unforgiving world, in John Wesley Hardin’s case. John Wesley Hardin was born in 1853 near Bonham, Texas. His parents were named James Hardin and Elizabeth Dixson. His name came from John Wesley, the founder of methodist denomination of Christianity. John was sadly only the second surviving son out of ten others. He was one of the lucky ones, but his luck would soon turn. John went to school like any other kid. John’s father,…

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…

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…

do so. There are many papers available concerning this problem. The two I find to have the strongest arguments are actually quite contradicting. First was Garret Hardin’s essay “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor” where he argues that we should not aid the poor. On the other side, Peter Stinger makes a convincing case in his essay “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” arguing that it is our moral obligation to help the poor. Even though both writers made good points, we do…

As population numbers of every country is different, needed resources are also unequal. In our crowded world, there are 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…