Imprecise lexical superiority and the (slightly less) Repugnant Conclusion
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DOI: 10.1007/s11098-018-1117-4
Abstract: Recently, Derek Parfit has offered a novel solution to the “Repugnant Conclusion” that compared with the existence of many people whose quality of life would be very high, there is some much larger number of… read more here.
Keywords: repugnant conclusion; lexical superiority; parfit; superiority slightly ... See more keywords
Population growth: A pure welfarist approach
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DOI: 10.1111/jpet.12337
Abstract: In this study we propose a framework based on welfarist principles to deal with several issues concerned with population economics models, such as the Repugnant Conclusion, both in absolute and relative sense, the shape of… read more here.
Keywords: repugnant conclusion; population growth; pure welfarist; welfarist approach ... See more keywords