In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

Laurence J. Peter

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Topic

Incompetence

Author

Laurence J. Peter

Source

The Peter Principle

Genre

Economic literature Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Canada

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Peter, Laurence J. The Peter Principle. William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1969, ch. 1.

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Picture a pasture open to all... The rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course for him to pursue is to add another animal to his herd. And another; and another... But this is the conclusion reached by each and every rational herdsman sharing a commons. Therein is the tragedy. Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit-in a world that is limited.

Garrett Hardin

The Tragedy of the Commons

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Topic
Tragedy of the commons

Author

Garrett Hardin
Source
The Tragedy of the Commons
Language
English
Time
1968 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hardin, Garrett. "The Tragedy of the Commons." Science Magazine, 13 Dec. 1968.

Another quote of the following type Precepts and axioms

Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.

The Talmud

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Topic
Moral theory
Source
The Talmud
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
Hebrew
Time
200 200s 3rd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Talmud. Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:9:1.

Current Citation

The Talmud: A Selection, translated by Norman Solomon. Penguin Classics, 2009, Fourth Order Neziqin, Fourth Tractate Sanhedrin (The Court) 4:9:1.