APES Name: _______________________________ The Tragedy of the Commons Questions Adopted by K.Hoffman from B. Bodas Background Tragedy of the Commons” by Garrett Hardin was published in 1968 in the journal Science. It quickly “The became one of the most referenced works relating to environmental science and is almost always required reading by undergraduate students majoring in a biological field. Directions Answer the following questions to the best of your ability. According to Hardin’s article there are some problems that have no scientific or technical solution. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why? How does the game of tic-tac-toe demonstrate Hardin’s argument that the problem of overpopulation has no technical solution? If resources are finite, and you as an individual or a member of a society use(s) a disproportionate amount of resources compared to someone else, would you be willing to give up some of your resources to support a larger population on the whole even if your standard of living might decline? Why or why not? Is maximizing the population of humans something that you think the human race should strive to do? Why or why not?
APES Name: _______________________________ The Tragedy of the Commons Questions Adopted by K.Hoffman from B. Bodas Background “The Tragedy of the Commons” by Garrett Hardin was published in 1968 in the journal Science. It quickly became one of the most referenced works relating to environmental science and is almost always required reading by undergraduate students majoring in a biological field. Directions Answer the following questions to the best of your ability. According to Hardin’s article there are some problems that have no scientific or technical solution. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why? How does the game of tic-tac-toe demonstrate Hardin’s argument that the problem of overpopulation has no technical solution? If resources are finite, and you as an individual or a member of a society use(s) a disproportionate amount of resources compared to someone else, would you be willing to give up some of your resources to support a larger population on the whole even if your standard of living might decline? Why or why not? Is maximizing the population of humans something that you think the human race should strive to do? Why or why not?
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