Ray Kristoffer C. Ramirez.

The article G. Hardin’s The Tragedy of the Commons basically states that the environment and
the capacity of the environment to support human population is not infinite but is clearly finite.
Further, the said premise assumes that all human would be guided by their independent self
interest in the exploitation and use of the common areas.
Further, reaching the maximum carrying capacity of our world is a problem that cannot be
solved only from a purely scientific or technical standpoint but must be solved via an outside
the box approach by the human race.
As a solution to the afore stated problems, the author espoused d the following solutions: (1)
Mutually agreed coercion and (2) Recognition of Necessity.
Mutually agreed coercion provides that the limited resources should not be treated as a
commons resource and rules should be made restricting its use. For example, it is known to all
that the robbing of a bank is absolutely prohibited without any exemptions. Also, taxing is an
accepted although begrudging way to impose appropriate coercions to how humans act.
Recognition of Necessity provides that not all human activities are necessary and productive,
we all must accept restrictions. Not all innovations should be done just because they can be
done. Any and all acts of humanity should be viewed in the lens of the question: “Is it
necessary?”. If it is not necessary, then it should not be done. As analogy could be put in the
concept of the vestigial organ. Since the organ is not necessary for the organism, then it has all
but disappeared and has lost its prominence.