Garrett Hardin Lifeboat Ethics Summary

Garrett Hardin in his article «Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor» asserts, that despite the existence of a competent distribution of various resources between rich and poor countries, which is also called «lifeboats» for needy, there are pitfalls that could cause critical damage for the citizens of these countries and for the countries as a whole (Hardin, 1974). Hardin seeks to convey to readers that people should be clearly aware that all reserves have a certain limit, which one day might be consumed. Also, he shows on the example of of the term "tragedy of the commons" that if the limit is overloaded, then someone will have to pay for it at any cost (Hardin, 1974). Furthermore, one of the main objectives of Hardin in his