"Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution"
- Garrett Hardin
About this Quote
This quote by Garrett Hardin recommends that our existing concept of private property motivates contamination. He is suggesting that since we are so focused on securing our own private property, we are not taking the essential actions to secure the environment. This results in the depletion of natural deposits and the pollution of the earth. Hardin is recommending that if we were to focus more on maintaining the environment, we would be less most likely to tire the favorable resources of the earth. He is also indicating that if we were to shift our focus away from safeguarding our own private property, we would be more likely to take the essential actions to safeguard the environment and lower contamination.
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