later of rock is 7 large plates‚ few smaller ones Horizontal movement‚ continents change relative position Plate boundaries intense geo. activity‚ mountain building‚ volcanoes‚ earthquakes 2. Tragedy of the Commons (chapter 1) Written by Garrett Hardin Many env. Problems due to short term individual welfare vs long term sustainability Global commons No one has responsibility for atmosphere‚ freshwater‚ forests‚ wildlife and ocean a. Sustainability Ability to meet humanity’s needs without
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pneumonia.” In his essay‚ “The Tragedy of The Commons‚” Hardin suggests that problems like environmental pollution have no technical solution and that they could be solved effectively through mutual coercion. However‚ I believe that‚ besides methods like mutual coercion‚ technical solutions do exist. In general‚ technology solves the problems by pushing the limit of the “commons” towards infinity. In “The Tragedy of the Commons‚” Garrett Hardin proposes that the problem of the commons is caused
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Name: Isabella Lorduy Ariza ARTICLE 1: Economic arguments for and against a carbon tax 1. Why is the elasticity of a fossil fuel different from renewable energy? Based on the world’s behavior related to the demand of energy (which is an essential good)‚ and also founded on the article‚ we can affirm that the consumers of fossil fuel are unresponsive to price changes of it because of multiple financial and commercial reasons. This signifies that the elasticity of this good is inelastic
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Chapter 1 The Foundation of Ethical Thought Multiple Choice Questions Utilitarian Ethics: One Playground at a Time 1. Which country is the focus of “Utilitarian Ethics: One Playground at a Time”? a. India b. Bangladesh c. South Africa d. Nigeria Difficulty: Easy Page 1 2. “Utilitarian Ethics: One Playground at a Time” addresses what problem? a. not enough schools in the country b. not enough children going to school c. lack of clean drinking water in the community d. lack of shelter in the community
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Geo 300 Instructor Peggy Lee‚ Reading Response 1 Question 1: Chapter 1 1) Identify and explain four basic causes of the environmental problems we face. a. “Population growth‚ wasteful and unsustainable resource use‚ poverty and failure to include in their market prices the harmful environmental costs of goods and services.” (p.15) 2) What is exponential growth? b. “Occurs when a quantity such as the human population increases at a fixed percentage per unit of time
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Tragedy of the Commons Have you ever read the Essay‚ The Tragedy of the Commons‚ by Garret Hardin? Although it was written in 1968‚ it is still quite useful today. The main point of Hardin’s essay is to show the conflict between the short term interests of individuals in society and the long term effects those interests have on society itself. Hardin hints to this very simply even in his title. The Commons were similar to a giant plot of land that a community shared as a whole. Everyone allowed
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A continent known for its diverse population and natural resources‚ Africa is home to the small West African country Sierra Leone. In the late 1600s‚ Sierra Leone was the first place to ever house‚ sell‚ and trade transatlantic slaves (Edsall‚ Healey‚ and O’Donnell). Nearly a decade later in 1787‚ “British abolitionists and philanthropists establish[ed] a settlement in Freetown‚ for repatriated and rescued slaves”(“Sierra Leone Country Profile”). The British had control of Sierra Leone until April
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APPLIED ETHICS A. What is applied ethics? 1. So far we have been focused either on normative ethics‚ which studies what features make something good/bad‚ an act right/wrong or a trait virtuous or vicious - or metaethics‚ which studies philosophical questions about the meaning of ethical words‚ or the nature of ethical facts 2. Applied ethics is a distinct category of ethical philosophy A. What is applied ethics? 3. Deals with difficult moral questions and controversial moral issues that people actually
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Miller Chapter 1 Reading Questions 1. Three ways that human activities are affecting the environment include our exponential increase in population and our resource consumption‚ which have degraded the air‚ water‚ soil‚ and species in the natural systems that support our lives and economies. A third way is limiting the access that other species have to resources. 2. The goals of environmental science are to learn how nature works‚ how the environment affects us‚ how we affect the environment
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and Hardin (2004) conducted several studies using male wheelchair basketball players. 8In these studies‚ the researchers concluded that the majority of the athletes are desensitized to the way that the media ignores athletes with disabilities. 9According to these studies‚ all the athletes enjoys mainstream media as well as disability media. 10They use the mainstream media to gain socialisation with others‚ learn more about able-bodied sports and to find able-bodied sports role models (Hardin & Hardin
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