What is the topic discussed in "Lifeboat Ethics"?The challenges and difficulties of feeding the world's population B. The proble
ms with allowing uncontrolled population growth in poorer nations C. The effect of immigration on resources set aside for use by future generations D. The effect of racism on poorer nations' struggle for equal rights
A. The challenges and difficulties of feeding the world's population
Explanation:
Lifeboat Ethics is a metaphor for asset distribution proposed by the ecologist Garrett Hardin in 1974.
Hardin's metaphor depicts a raft bearing 50 individuals, with space for ten more. The raft is in a sea encompassed by a hundred swimmers. The "morals" of the circumstance originate from the issue of whether swimmers ought to be taken on board the raft.