Class 10/20

True to its name, Garrett Hardin begins his "Lifeboat Ethics" essay by asking readers to imagine themselves in a lifeboat. There is room for sixty people on the boat, but there are currently only 50 I'm the boat. Treading water nearby are one-hundred others pleading to be allowed in the boat. The question sought to be answered is how do we save them all? Hardins response is that there is no way to save all of the people. He goes on to explain that the fifty people in the lifeboat resemble the rich countries and the swimmers are the poor countries. To some his ethics seem rude and selfish, but I agree with Hardins idea of tough love. I too believe that a poor country in need of support must learn the hard way, just as ours did  It is their responsibility to be accountable, even at the risk of losing lives and other valuable resources.