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02 May, 2016

The Repugnant Conclusion

In: The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Edward N. Zalta (ed.) Read The Repugnant Conclusion

Type of publication: Chapters | Arrhenius, Gustaf , , Ryberg, Jesper & Torbjörn Tännsjö
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17 October, 2022

The Repugnant Conclusion: An Overview

In Stephen M. Gardiner (red), The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Justice, Oxford Academic. Abstract The repugnant conclusion can be formulated as follows: For any population consisting of people wi

Type of publication: Chapters | Arrhenius, Gustaf , Andersson, Emil
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30 May, 2022

POSTPONED: Matthew Adler: Person-Affecting Consequentialism: Equity-Regarding, Desert-Neutral, Repugnant

Research seminar with Matthew Adler, Duke UniversityREGISTERAbstract The philosophical literature on consequentialism regularly distinguishes between “person-affecting” and “impersonal” moral justifica

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27 February, 2025

What calibrating variable-value population ethics suggests

Economics & Philosophy Abstract Variable-Value axiologies avoid Parfit’s Repugnant Conclusion while satisfying some weak instances of the Mere Addition principle. We apply calibration methods to two

Type of publication: Journal articles | Spears, Dean , Stefánsson, H. Orri
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04 September, 2020

Parfit and the economists: A contribution to the debate on the optimal population size

Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale, 102, 23-37 Abstract This paper presents Derek Parfit’s contribution to the debate on the optimal population size, as it has been developed by economists. Parfit’s des

Type of publication: Journal articles | Zuber, Stéphane
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20 September, 2024

Incommensurability, the sequence argument, and the Pareto principle

Philosophical Studies Abstract Parfit (Theoria 82:110–127, 2016) responded to the Sequence Argument for the Repugnant Conclusion by introducing imprecise equality. However, Parfit’s notion of imprecise degrees of incommensurabilityeveryone

Type of publication: Journal articles | Arrhenius, Gustaf , Stefánsson, H. Orri
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14 January, 2025

Degrees of Incommensurability and the Sequence Argument

In: Mosquera, J. & O. Torpman (ed.),Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generations vol. 6. Working Paper Series 2024:10–17 Abstract Parfit (2016) responded to the Sequence Argument for the Repugnan

Type of publication: Working papers | Arrhenius, Gustaf , Stefánsson, H. Orri
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02 May, 2016

Population Ethics and Different-Number-Based Imprecision

Theoria, Volume 82, Issue 2,p. 166–181,May 2016. DOI: 10.1111/theo.12094 Abstract Recently, in his Rolf Schock Prize Lecture, Derek Parfit has suggested a novel way of avoiding the Repugnant Conclusion

Type of publication: Journal articles | Arrhenius, Gustaf
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17 March, 2021

Population axiology and the possibility of a fourth category of absolute value

i:  Economics and Philosophy Vol. 36:1 AbstractCritical-Range Utilitarianism is a variant of Total Utilitarianism which can avoid both the Repugnant Conclusion and the Sadistic Conclusion in population

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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16 May, 2019

The Affirmative Answer to the Existential Question and the Person Affecting Restriction

in: Weighing and Reasoning. Themes from the Philosophy of John Broome, Eds.Iwao Hirose and Andrew Reisner, Oxford University Press. The person affecting restriction states that one outcome can only be

Type of publication: Chapters | Arrhenius, Gustaf
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