A classic paper by Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons" was published in the journal Science in 1968. Hardin's thesis is, "The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality." Read Hardin's paper and consider the problem he refers to as "The tragedy of the commons." How is this problem addressed by any of the moral theories we have covered in this chapter? Explain.

In Chapter 1 of Ethics in a Computing Culture (Bo Brinkman & Alton F. Sanders)

We covered the following moral theories in Chapter 1

Divine Command Theory

Cultural Relativism

Virtue Ethics

Act Utilitarianism

Rule Utilitarianism

Deontological Ethics

Contractarianism

Rawl's Theory of Justice