Paul Ehrlich And Betsy Hartmann On Population Control

NameProfessorSubjectDateEhrlich’s and Hartmann’s Views on Population ControlThe debate on population control has been the rage ever since the world’s population ascended to unfathomable levels. Several stakeholders, including environmentalists, policy makers, researchers, medics, demographers, sociologists, economists, and academicians, have delved into this conversation, and the points of view are quite diverse and conflicting at times. The debate has taken a moving direction as a part of the stakeholders believe in the application of the policy regarding population control while the other reasons from the human rights and moral questions perspective. They almost agree that the world’s population is unbelievably high, but the big issue hinges on what happened and what should be done? Betsy Hartmann and Paul R. Ehrlich are among those who have raised strong opinions on nature and solutions to the issue of population. Because Ehrlich totally supports the population control policy while Hartmann point of view is from a feminist and human rights perspective, the population would be better controlled by employing a consolidated approach of both views. A Stanford University biologist, Paul R. Ehrlich, is famed for his book published in 1968 titled ‘The Population Bomb” which argued that humankind would face destruction because the population