The greatest folly is to accept expert statements uncritically. At the very least, we should always seek another opinion. — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
The exquisite sight, sound, and smell of wilderness is many times more powerful if it is earned through physical achievement, if it… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
Society does not need more children; but it does need more loved children. Quite literally, we cannot afford unloved children - but… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
Ecological differentiation is the necessary condition for coexistence. — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask,… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution. — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
“Individualism is cherished because it produces freedom, but the gift is conditional.” — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over their situation must also have created fundamentalists to keep… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
It takes five years for a willing person's mind to change. Have patience with yourself and others when treading in an area protected by… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
Economists (and others) who are satisfied with nature-free equations develop a dangerous hubris about the potency of our species — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
The morality of an act is a function of the state of the system at the time it is performed. — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
Value is a relative concept: the value of each action is determined by comparing it with other possible actions. — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
