"Malthus, Erlich, and the Ethics of Carrying-Capacity Models of Human Population Growth," Apr. 15 (W) at 3:30pm

[Daniel Lake]

 *The Institute for Ethics in Public Life invites you to join us for
"**Malthus,
Erlich, and the Ethics of Carrying-Capacity Models of Human Population
Growth**" with special guest Distinguished Professor Emeritus Mark Cohen on
Wednesday, April 15, at 3:30pm in-person and on Zoom.*

Abstract from Dr. Cohen: The late Paul Erlich’s book, *The Population Bomb*,
represents an extreme application of the Malthusian model which suggested
that growing human population would inevitably hit against the carrying
capacity or finite limit of world food supply. The result would be the end,
by starvation and turmoil, of the human species.  But not only was Erlich
overly pessimistic, he and Malthus were inherently wrong about the
application of the carrying-capacity model to human population history.

Dr. Mark Cohen is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at SUNY Plattsburgh. He
joined the faculty of SUNY Plattsburgh in 1971, and was promoted to SUNY
Distinguished Professor in 2004. During his time at SUNY Plattsburgh he
earned numerous honors and recognition for his scholarship, teaching and
service to the campus including the rank of Distinguished Teaching
Professor, the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, the
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship, and the Phi Eta Sigma
Outstanding Professor Teaching Award. He also earned a Guggenheim
Fellowship and a Fulbright Lectureship. He is the author of *The Food
Crisis in Prehistory *(1977), *Health and the Rise of Civilization* (1989),
and the Bruno award-winning *Culture of Intolerance *(1999), as well as
numerous articles in magazines and academic journals.

Topic: The Ethics of Carrying Capacity Models
Time: Apr 15, 2026 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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