Garrett Hardin

Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

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Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

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However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be called religious. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

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In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

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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

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Incommensurables cannot be compared. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

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

— Garrett Hardin

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

— Garrett Hardin

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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

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