Incommensurables cannot be compared.

Quote by Garrett Hardin

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

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...

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

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

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...

You cannot do only one thing.

You cannot do only one thing.

The optimum population is, then, less than the maximum.

The optimum population is, then, less than the maximum.

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,...

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...

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

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

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what...

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what...

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...

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.

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...