Ecology Is The Overall Science

In A Competitive World Of Limited Resources, Total Freedom Of Individual Action Is Intolerable

Religious Reasons, Which Is No Reason. I Notice Skeptic Had A Review Of Dennett's Book, Darwin's Dangerous Idea. Religious Reasons Amount To What Dennett Terms "skyhooks." Do You Believe In Skyhooks? I Don't.

The Rational Herdsman Concludes That The Only Sensible Course For Him To Pursue Is To Add Another Animal To His Herd. And Another; And Another . . . But This Is The Conclusion Reached By Each And Every Rational Herdsman Sharing A Commons. Therein Is The Tragedy. Each Man Is Locked Into A System That Compels Him To Increase His Herd Without Limit — In A World That Is Limited. Ruin Is The Destination Toward Which All Men Rush, Each Pursuing His Own Best Interest In A Society That Believes In The Freedom Of The Commons. Freedom In A Commons Brings Ruin To All.

In A Finite World This Means That The Per Capita Share Of The World's Goods Must Steadily Decrease.

Ecology Is The Overall Science Of Which Economics Is A Minor Speciality.