What Should We Agree on about the Repugnant Conclusion?

The Repugnant Conclusion is an implication of some approaches to population ethics. It states, in Derek Parfit's original formulation, For any possible population of at least ten billion people, all with a very high quality of life, there must be some much larger imaginable population whose exi...

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Published in:	IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 379 - 383
Main Authors:	Zuber, Stéphane, Venkatesh, Nikhil, Tännsjö, Torbjörn, Tarsney, Christian, Stefánsson, H. Orri, Steele, Katie, Spears, Dean, Sebo, Jeff, Pivato, Marcus, Ord, Toby, Ng, Yew-Kwang, Masny, Michal, MacAskill, William, Lawson, Nicholas, Kuruc, Kevin, Hutchinson, Michelle, Gustafsson, Johan E., Greaves, Hilary, Forsberg, Lisa, Fleurbaey, Marc, Coffey, Diane, Cato, Susumu, Castro, Clinton, Campbell, Tim, Budolfson, Mark, Broome, John, Berger, Alexander, Beckstead, Nick, Asheim, Geir B.
Format:	Journal Article Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.12.2021 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subjects:	Decision making Demography Economics and Finance Ethics filosofi Filosofi, etik och religion Humanities and Social Sciences Philosophy Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Population Quality of life Utilitarianism Values
ISSN:	0953-8208, 1741-6183, 1741-6183
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