O inseguro bote salva-vidas : uma crítica a Garrett Hardin

Abstract

Apreciação crítica sobre as concepções éticas e ambientais do ecólogo humano Garrett Hardin. As suas formulações polêmicas da “tragédia dos recursos de propriedade comum” (tragedy of de commos) e da “ética do bote alva-vidas” suscitam o debate sobre uma ordem mundial baseada em critérios de uso racional dos recursos naturais e de justiça social. Mas sua defesa da apropriação privada dos recursos e do exclusivismo dos atuais países ricos introduz elementos contraditórios no seu modo de pensar. _______________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT

The text provides a critical review of the human ecologist Garret Hardin’s ethical and environmental conceptions. His controversal formulations concerning the tragedy of the commons and the lifeboat ethic have fueled the debate surrounding a world order based on the criteria of the rational use of natural resource and social justice. But Hardin’s defense of the private appropriation of resources and of the exclusionism practiced by wealthy nations today introduces elements of contradiction into his thought. _______________________________________________________________________________________ RÉSUMÉ

Ce texte offre une appréciation critique des conceptions que l’écologue humain Garrett Hardin a de l’éhique et de l‘environnement. Ses écrites polémiques sur la “tragédie des ressources d’appartenance commune” tragedy of the commons et sur l’”étique du bateau de sauvetage” suscitent tout um déat ayant trait à ‘étabilissement d’um ordre mondial besé sur des critéres propres à assucer l’usage rationnel des ressources naturelles et la justice sociale. Mais la défense qu’il fait d’une appropriation privée des resources et de l’exclusivisme des pays riches actuels introduit des éléments contradictoires dans son mode de pensée.