Tragedy Of The Commons

Within the past year, public news sources and other forms of media have been reporting about countless events of racial discrimination. Hardin’s The Tragedy of the Commons was written in 1968 shortly after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which outlawed the discrimination of race, creed, national origin, or sex. The Tragedy of the Commons refers to every human on the planet using resources of the commons for personal gain. By only bettering themselves without the regard for others, it results in the discrimination of others. In Hardin’s paper about the problem in the commons he discusses the psychological thought process of the citizens of the world based upon the ideal of freedom. This freedom leads to individuals doing what is best for them with commons regardless of the consequences to the commons or other individuals using it. He then uses personal temperance as one of the many solutions to the exploitation of the commons. Temperance in his explanation is the ability to take only what one needs from the
With the case of the Dallas police shooting the individual who shot the police officers had a conscious thought that what he did was for the betterment of the commons. However, with weeklong news reports of the chaos created by the police shootings, there was no way the peaceful protesters message was heard. This shooting also affected other individuals nationwide by politicians trying to create more restrictive laws to prohibit something like this from happening again. Overall, the Tragedy of the Commons effects every single individual in the world. Ones with influence in the world theatre can have more influence than ones with only local influence. What this means is that every individual needs to be educated in that their actions directly and indirectly influence the actions of others, known as the Tragedy of the