The Herdsman

Marie Divine Bio 130 Environmental Science 30 August, 2017 The Tragedy of the Commons In Hardin’s work, “The Tragedy of the Commons”, the population problem is thoroughly examined philosophically and logistically. The commons refers to a resource in nature shared by many. The tragedy is referred to an individual’s unlimited use of these resources resulting in overexploitation and the ruin of resources. Haridn’s four major assumptions in this piece guide him to come to an ultimate conclusion.…

shared resource, such as public land, National Parks, and the seas. One of Hardin’s most prominent example refers to herdsmen on commonly-shared land. Each herdsman will attempt to raise as much cattle as possible, Hardin argues, on the land. However, the land can only sustain a certain number of cattle. The tragedy occurs when each herdsman continues to add more and more cattle, in order to maximize their profit, without thinking about the negative consequences adding more cattle to the land…

that resource. Garrett Hardin explains the tragedy of the commons through an example of herdsman with cattle on the common and each herdsman seeks to maximize their gain. With each additional cattle added to the common there is a positive (proceeds from the sale of an additional animal, +1) and a negative (overgrazing of the common, -1) component (Hardin, 1968). Hardin states the conclusion that the herdsman comes to is to add another cattle, as all herdsmen do, which is the tragedy, as they…

the arrangements enforced by the IMF and the World Bank. To illustrate these issues, real world examples from some developing countries will be referred to. Somalia, in Sub-Saharan Africa, is a “pastoral economy based on exchange between nomadic herdsman and agriculturalists” (Chossudovsky; 1997: 101). The intervention by the IMF and the World Bank in the 1980's instituted an agricultural crisis within Somalia through the enforcement of harmful economic policies which weakened the relationship…

Picaros are traditionally wanders, slaves to whomever provides for them at the time. In Grimmelshausen’s novel, Simplicissimus, the protagonist of the same name takes on a much different position than seen in other picaresque novels. Simplicissimus himself becomes a master, employing his own servants and gains a legitimate position in society. In the novel Lazarillo de Tormes the protagonist is always serving someone else’s interests. Lazarillo never has complete autonomy and must rely on others…

How do we determine if someone processes the qualities of being admired? Do you determine admiration through his or her fame or through their character? To elaborate do we determine admiration by who someone is on the inside? What is the meaning of being admirable? To me being admired is when people look up to you like your immortal, they believe in you, they praise you, someone who cares about other and lastly someone who has determination, they will do whatever it takes to overcome adversity.…

“Odysseus’s Changing Journey” “I guess that’s the thing about a hero, and you might not even come back that way. But you change, which is the same as everything changing. The journey changes you, whether or not you know it, and whether or not you want it to.”- Kami Garcia. Can a journey and the encounters one faces change a persons mind, thoughts and actions? In the Odyssey, Homer uses Odysseus’s journey to show how one’s journey can define them as a person. On Odysseus’s…

The Cattle Boom Garrett Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons is a fundamental principle in the study of environmental science. Hardin’s classic example is the herdsman who desires to selfishly maximize their economic gain at the expense of their community’s shared pasture. In his example, the commons are a shared resource or the open range. Each herdsman is located in a society that prioritizes constant economic gain, while there are limited resources. “Ruin is the destination toward which all man…

so beautiful it made all of Mt. Olympus stop and listen. Apollo then said Music like that is well worth 50 cattle. So Hermes gave Apollo the lyre and in return he game Hermes a golden wand that had power over sleep and dreams. Apollo then made him herdsman of his cows. Then Hermes took all 50 heifers back to the pastures of Apollo. o Truth and Prophecy  Oracle of Delphi • o Healing/Disease…

The writings of Zhuangzi illustrate the primary Daoist principles and traditions through fantastical means - talking animals, moving skulls, fish that are many thousands of miles wide… and other times the text is clear, almost overly so, in describing the foundations of Daoism and Zhuangzi’s thoughts. A particularly significant part of Watson’s translation is the role of Confucius. A historically and religiously significant person from Chinese history, it is no surprise that he appears over and…