Assignment:
Review the article: The Tragedy of the Commons by Garrett Hardin, 1968
Then provide thoughtful, reading-informed answers to these questions:
1. What is Hardin's key concern? Be specific.
2. What evidence is Hardin presenting? Carefully explore and reflect.
3. What solutions (and agenda) is he suggesting? Carefully read and reflect.
Format: Minimum 2.5 pages, 12pt font, double spaced, standard margins.
The purpose of this reading-discussion is to develop:
(i) an understanding of an influential population-environment debate;
(ii) an ability to recognize facts, and therefore distinguish science from pseudoscience;
(iii) awareness of influential (Eurocentric) ideologies, and the role they play in shaping dominant population control, land use etc. policies.