Author: Garrett Hardin

Quotes

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.

- Garrett Hardin

In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.

In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.

- Garrett Hardin

But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere.

But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere.

- Garrett Hardin

Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution.

Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution.

- Garrett Hardin

A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future.

A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future.

- Garrett Hardin

Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.

Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.

- Garrett Hardin

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

- Garrett Hardin

No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.

No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.

- Garrett Hardin

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