Ebook: 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 should avoid the Repugnant Conclusion, without having to face even more serious implications from one's basic moral outlook. Several such attempts are presented in this volume. This is the first volume devoted entirely to the cardinal problem of modern population ethics, known as 'The Repugnant Conclusion'.

This book is a must for (moral) philosophers with an interest in population ethics.

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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 should avoid the Repugnant Conclusion, without having to face even more serious implications from one's basic moral outlook. Several such attempts are presented in this volume. This is the first volume devoted entirely to the cardinal problem of modern population ethics, known as 'The Repugnant Conclusion'.

This book is a must for (moral) philosophers with an interest in population ethics.

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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 should avoid the Repugnant Conclusion, without having to face even more serious implications from one's basic moral outlook. Several such attempts are presented in this volume. This is the first volume devoted entirely to the cardinal problem of modern population ethics, known as 'The Repugnant Conclusion'.

This book is a must for (moral) philosophers with an interest in population ethics.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-v
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Overpopulation and the Quality of Life....Pages 7-22
Two Parfit Puzzles....Pages 23-44
Critical-Level Population Principles And The Repugnant Conclusion....Pages 45-59
O Repugnance, Where Is Thy Sting?....Pages 61-80
Resolving The Repugnant Conclusion....Pages 81-97
Person-Based Consequentialism And The Procreation Obligation....Pages 99-128
Person-Affecting Moralities....Pages 129-161
Repugnance Or Intransitivity: A Repugnant But Forced Choice....Pages 163-186
The Root Of The Repugnant Conclusion And Its Rebuttal....Pages 187-199
The Paradoxes Of Future Generations And Normative Theory....Pages 201-218
Why We Ought To Accept The Repugnant Conclusion....Pages 219-237
The Repugnant Conclusion And Worthwhile Living....Pages 239-255
Postscript....Pages 257-257
Back Matter....Pages 259-261