LEADER 02718nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910778632803321 005 20230422035850.0 010 $a0-19-770218-X 010 $a1-280-53005-7 010 $a0-19-535270-X 010 $a0-585-11195-2 035 $a(CKB)111000211156218 035 $a(EBL)273102 035 $a(OCoLC)476014768 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000216635 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11181481 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216635 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10215674 035 $a(PQKB)11285105 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL273102 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10279132 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL53005 035 $a(OCoLC)935260835 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC273102 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211156218 100 $a19971029d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe ostrich factor$b[electronic resource] $eour population myopia /$fGarrett Hardin 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (177 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-512274-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [155]-163) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Pursuit of Objectivity; 2 Tertullian's Blessing; 3 How to Lie with Learned Words; 4 Foundations of Activist Science: By Right or By Default?; 5 The Stormy Marriage of Economics and Ecology; 6 Consequentialism: Nature's Morality; 7 Natural Selection: God's Choice; 8 Altruism; 9 Coercion; 10 Diseconomies of Scale: Ostrich Myopia; 11 The Dream of One World; 12 Russell's Theorem; 13 A Martian View of Malthus; 14 Equity, Equality, and Affirmative Action; 15 Multiculturalism: For and Against; 16 Ambivalent Value of Growth; 17 The Extended Reach of Gresham's Law 327 $a18 Summary: Can Our Ostriches Find the Will?Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z 330 $aGarrett Hardin addresses the arguments from economists about continued ""sustainable"" growth. This text seeks to lay out the practical steps that humankind must take quite early in the 21st century for the long-term survival of civilization. 606 $aPopulation$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aQuality of life 615 0$aPopulation$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aQuality of life. 676 $a304.2 676 $a363.91 700 $aHardin$b Garrett James$f1915-2003.$012553 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778632803321 996 $aThe ostrich factor$93763662 997 $aUNINA