Hardin Argues for Population Control
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Science, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Demographics, Population
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: December, 1968
Article abstract: Garrett Hardin’s controversial essay “The Tragedy of the Commons,” published in Science in 1968, provoked extensive debate about controlling the world’s population growth.
Summary of Event
In December, 1968, environmental biologist Garrett Hardin published an article in Science magazine, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” that has stimulated extensive discussion among biologists, demographers, economists, political scientists, sociologists, ethicists, and others about the earth’s carrying capacity, population growth,...
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