The Repugnant Conclusion Essays on Population Ethics
Most people (including moral philosophers), when faced with the fact that some of their cherished moral views lead up to the Repugnant Conclusion, feel that they have to revise their moral outlook. However, it is a moot question as to how this should be done. It is not an easy thing to say how one s...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2004, 2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2004 |
| Series: | Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Overpopulation and the Quality of Life
- Two Parfit Puzzles
- Critical-Level Population Principles And The Repugnant Conclusion
- O Repugnance, Where Is Thy Sting?
- Resolving The Repugnant Conclusion
- Person-Based Consequentialism And The Procreation Obligation
- Person-Affecting Moralities
- Repugnance Or Intransitivity: A Repugnant But Forced Choice
- The Root Of The Repugnant Conclusion And Its Rebuttal
- The Paradoxes Of Future Generations And Normative Theory
- Why We Ought To Accept The Repugnant Conclusion
- The Repugnant Conclusion And Worthwhile Living
- Postscript