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classical utilitarianism. The first ideas about happiness as pleasure and an absence of pain is the works of Bentham. Later on, Mills focused on Bentham’s original ideas and also attempted to improve them. In the excerpt, “Living on a Lifeboat” by Garrett Hardin, the ideas about helping global poverty and hunger in order to reduce suffering and pain are put to the test when a lifeboat metaphor is introduced. Depending on the situation, pleasure can vary in quantity and quality, and actions can…

Forty years ago, ecologist Garrett Hardin popularised an economic theory on the depletion of common resource with the release of his thesis titled The Tragedy of Commons (Hardin, 1968). The worlds then population was less than half what it is today, yet he recognised that "a finite world can support only a finite population” (Hardin, 1968, p.78). Despite the irrefutable logic of this analysis, Hardin’s work is widely condemned, both for its failure to place adequate weight on the detrimental…

depleted (Hardin, 1968). This situation can be described by Garrett Hardin (1968) as a tragedy of the commons. In this paper, it will be argued that humans exploiting the aquatic ecosystem through the operation of dams, as portrayed in DamNation (2014), is an example of a tragedy of the commons for the following two reasons: first, as evidenced by the destruction of the quality of water and second, by the collapse of the Chinook salmon population. The Tragedy of the Commons Hardin (1968)…

Introduction: In the article “Living on a Lifeboat,” Garrett Hardin believes that our obligations to the poor and hungry are metaphors based on the ethics of living on a lifeboat and the tragedy of the common. The ethics of living on lifeboat is based upon the rich and the poor. Rich people are in the lifeboat and poor people are in the sea. The wealthy has only three options in the situation with the poor people. First help all of the poor and everyone sinks. Next, help only who else can fit…

presence to determine their own view on the topic. This will allow these nurses to voice their opinions to management and possible implement ethical regulations. Only ~5% of emergency departments have regulations regarding CPR and family presence (Hardin-Fanning & Yoder, 2014, p. 4). It is very important to establish regulations regarding this topic to be prepared for conflict and educate the staff on how to handle this ethical situation.…

acidosis, oliguria, or acute alteration in mental status are evident (Wagner & Hardin-Pierce, 2014, table 36-8). Septic shock is associated with hypotension despite fluid resuscitation, and the other manifestations already mentioned (Wagner & Hardin-Pierce, 2014, table 36-8). As sepsis worsens the patient’s extremities will be cold and mottling may be present, lactate levels rise, and ScvO2 decreases (Wagner & Hardin-Pierce, 2014, p.…

entire forest simply because he believes that because it is just him, how much damage could he really do? There were so many trees, how could “cutting down a few” reallly damage anything? That is the true tragedy of the commons as described by Garrett Hardin. The islanders of Easter Island, on the other hand, were completely oblivious. “The island’s population was too small, too primitive and too isolated.”(Trachtman, Paul. “The Secrets of Easter Island.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian…

Ethics and the Legal System: A Case Study Reflection This paper describes and analyzes the ethical considerations and legal obligations of a public elementary teacher, a school guidance counselor, and a principal in a case of potential physical abuse of third grade student by her step-father. A teacher first becomes aware of this alleged situation from interactions with the student’s classmate. Without a direct accusation of abuse by the student herself law enforcement is reluctant to become…

the most obvious problems is the problem with the Tragedy of the Commons, as put forth by Garrett Hardin in his 1968 paper. This problem is illustrated by multiple farmers’ use of a shared field, placing livestock on this field in order to graze (Hardin, 1968). Since every individual seeks to maximize their own their own gain, each farmer will seek to increase their herd, which creates over usage (Hardin, 1968). People tend to focus on their own needs and wants in the short-term instead of the…

Shakespeare. He made phrases that mean something different than you’d expect. He even created new words by combining existing ones when the English language constrained him. His diligence to create words and phrases to get his points across show that Hardin Craig correctly states that (1931, 51), “[t]he belief that Shakespeare was a careless worker, who put his plays hastily together largely out of other people’s ideas is erroneous”. Shakespeare definitely put time into his work and took great…