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)
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ISSN:0953-8208, 1741-6183, 1741-6183
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Summary: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 existence, if other things are equal, would be better, even though its members have lives that are barely worth living. (Parfit 1984: 388)
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ISSN:0953-8208
1741-6183
1741-6183
DOI:10.1017/S095382082100011X