Garrett Hardin’s argument for the preservation of well-to-do societies is embodied by his extended metaphor of each society as a lifeboat with its members the lifeboat’s occupants. His presentation of this metaphor is key in his assertions that the creation of an "international food bank," efforts to improve agriculture in foreign nations (the "Green Revolution"), and lax immigration laws will all result in universal tragedy. Hardin’s initial complaint is against humanitarian efforts …showed first 75 words of 1047 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1047 total…mankind (pity felt for the less-fortunate), but how can anybody expect to repel this impulse from themselves and others? I believe, like Hardin, that a strict accordance with the ethics demonstrated by limited lifeboats at an ocean disaster is the only way to curb our problem of over-population, but I also submit to the fact that putting selfishness on a pedestal in front of the world is not something that can or should be done.