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Garrett Hardin, an ecologist, was born on April 21, 1915, and passed away on September 14, 2003. He is renowned for his theory of the 'Tragedy of the Commons,' which explores the issue of resource overuse.

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Famous Garrett Hardin Quotes

“The morality of an act is a function of the state of the system at the time it is performed.”

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“A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the techniques of the natural sciences, demanding little or nothing in the way of change in human values or ideas of morality.”

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Book:The Immigration Dilemma: Avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons

Source: The Immigration Dilemma: Avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons

“Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust?”

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“The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality.”

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Book:Exploring new ethics for survival: the voyage of the spaceship Beagle

Source: Exploring new ethics for survival: the voyage of the spaceship Beagle

About the Author

Born: April 21, 1915
Died: September 14, 2003
Known for: Ecologist
Quotes: 65

Books & Sources

Exploring new ethics for survival: the voyage of the spaceship BeagleRelated source material

Filters Against Folly: How to Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely EloquentRelated source material

The Immigration Dilemma: Avoiding the Tragedy of the CommonsRelated source material

Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population TaboosRelated source material

Naked emperors: essays of a taboo-stalkerRelated source material

The Ostrich Factor: Our Population MyopiaRelated source material

Nature and Man's FateRelated source material

Biology, its principles and implicationsRelated source material

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