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.

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An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.

An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.

Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it...

Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it...

However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology...

However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology...

It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in...

It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in...

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time,...

In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time,...

The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over...

The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over...

A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the...

A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit...

But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts...

But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts...

Incommensurables cannot be compared.

Incommensurables cannot be compared.

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

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

The rational man finds that his share of the cost of the wastes he discharges...

The rational man finds that his share of the cost of the wastes he discharges...

A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal...

A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal...

You cannot do only one thing.

You cannot do only one thing.

The social arrangements that produce responsibility are arrangements that create coercion, of some sort.

The social arrangements that produce responsibility are arrangements that create coercion, of some sort.

To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are...

To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are...

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

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

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest...

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest...

But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling...

But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling...