Title

Overpopulation and the Lifeboat Metaphor: A Critique from an African Worldview

Description

Many scientists have warned that the earth is nearing overpopulation or has already reached its carrying capacity. Garret Hardin proposed the lifeboat ethics metaphor to address this crisis and proper resource distributions. Okyere-Manu comments that this metaphor does not take into account the African political and cultural worldview. Hardin's metaphor is also reliant on inequality which disproportionately affects vulnerable communities.

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Date

September 2016

Article Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Denomination

Christian

Audience

All Adult audiences

Faith Based Organization

School of Religion

Philosophy and Classics

University of KwaZulu-Natal

list of authors

Beatrice Okyere-Manu

Issues

english Eco-Justice

english Poverty

english Racism

english Human Health & Well-being