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9780817999223

The Commons Its Tragedies and Other Follies

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  • ISBN13:

    9780817999223

  • ISBN10:

    0817999221

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-07-01
  • Publisher: Hoover Institution Press

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Summary

These contributions examine the tragedy of the commons and what is affected by the tragedy: What is the proper scope of the public realm? The main insight is that human individuality needs to be properly accommodated in a system of community life, in law, and in public policy.

Author Biography

Tibor R. Machan is a Hoover research fellow, Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Auburn University, Alabama, and holds the R. C. Hoiles Endowed Chair in Business Ethics and Free Enterprise at the Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Contributors xi
Introduction The Commons xiii
Tibor R. Machan
Is Bad Conduct Always Wrong? The Ethics of Environmental Effects
1(26)
Lester H. Hunt
Sidestepping the Tragedy of the Commons
27(32)
Randall R. Dipert
Ending the Environmental Tragedy of the Commons
59(30)
Richard L. Stroup
Jane S. Shaw
Tragic, Truly Tragic: The Commons in Modern Life
89(32)
Ronald F. Lipp
Index 121

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