Garrett Hardin Lifeboat Ethics Summary

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Garrett Hardin is a well known controversial ecologist who has written numerous articles, one of which is called “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor” it explains how the worldwide problem of prosperous rich people vs the poor people can be compared to the lifeboat scenario. Despite the fact Garrett presented multiple solutions to helping the poor, he fails to give his stance on how to help the poor. The article shows that the world is becoming a harsher place for the poor to prosper in, but the wealthy people could help the poor, they have three options: choose a limited amount of poor people to help, they could keep their money to themselves and not help any of the poor, or they could give up their places in the “ lifeboat”

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