Tragedy of the commons

Garret Hardin explains the concept of the tragedy of the common in terms of a resource that gets depleted for someone's own benefit without thinking about its repercussion on the environment. Thus, the common tendency to think solely about one's own interest when it comes to natural resources is the root cause of the degradation of the environment such as pollution and overfishing. Despite adopted measures  to protect the common, the rise in population has rendered it increasingly difficult to achieve. Although, the freedom of breeding is considered inherited and is supported by the UN, Hardin thinks that it should be banned. Coercion, although disapproved by many, is suggested as being an effective measure to impose rules in order to protect the commons. Technical solution is far from being the remedy, however, recognition of the freedom of necessity, that is abandoning the commons in breeding will bring an end to this chaos.

 

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