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.

Quote by Garrett Hardin

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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...

Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession...

Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession...

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

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

Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and...

Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and...

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...

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

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

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...

Incommensurables cannot be compared.

Incommensurables cannot be compared.

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

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

Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions,...

Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions,...

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...

The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the...

The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the...

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...

A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for...

A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for...

Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources...

Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources...

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

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...

You cannot do only one thing.

You cannot do only one thing.

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...

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...