In his 1968 persistently influential work, “The Tragedy of the Commons,”1 Garrett Hardin focused his concern about the future of our society largely on overpopulation and on commonpool resource management. But his focus was misplaced; instead of blaming overpopulation for our planet’s ills, Hardin should have included overconsumption as an equal threat to humanity. Moreover, his style of writing in his essay, instead of encouraging his reader to action, promoted moral disengagement that might itself be considered a tragedy.

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全球北方的额外奶牛

在他 1968 年持续有影响力的著作“公地的悲剧”1 中，加勒特·哈丁 (Garrett Hardin) 将他对我们社会未来的关注主要集中在人口过剩和公共资源管理上。但是他的注意力放错了地方。与其将我们星球的弊病归咎于人口过剩，哈丁应该将过度消费视为对人类的同等威胁。此外，他在文章中的写作风格并没有鼓励他的读者采取行动，而是促进了道德上的脱离，这本身可能被认为是一场悲剧。