Running Head: POPULATION CONTROL

Population Control
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Population Control

Whether population control has legitimacy and the goals set by different national and
international authorities are reasonable enough or not depends on the approach one is supposedly
following. A legitimate goal is based on the economic rationality and the traditional debate of
unlimited ends and limited means. If the means are decreasing and the ends are increasing, which
is generally perceived by economist as the economic security paradigm of securing resources for
future and current generation. This traditional approach is outdated up to very extend and the
argument against it is quite healthy in nature. Malthusian pessimism is certainly overwhelmed
with the disastrous future, but the last 2 centuries have proved otherwise. European population
growth has proved that the net effect of birth rate and death rate is quite decreasing in long run.
This is primarily because of the economic and social life, as witnessed by Europeans, can be
increasing in long run and the population has to decrease because of the western living style of
nuclear family and low fertility rate. The traditional approach is certainly outdated and the
philosophy that the population control is legitimate on the grounds that population under poverty,
if eradicated, will result in struggle for resources and the planet cant afford such a high
population (Sullivan, 2003). This is only true if the Marco economic indicators arent
satisfactory. If such an assumption is removed, the resulting matrix shows a slight increase,
followed by constant growth rate which is further followed by population growth rate at
diminishing rate. Most of the developed nations are witnessing reverse pyramid and they are now
welcoming migrants on the ground that the additional population will be really helpful to the
contemporary and long term growth. Hence, the question to the answer is concluded as, No, it
isnt legitimate.

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Reference

Sullivan, M. (2003). Population control: How many are too many.