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The Repugnant Conclusion: Essays on Population Ethics

By Jesper Ryberg , Torbjörn Tännsjö (editors)

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2005
ISBN
140202472X, 9781402024726, 1402024738
Open Library ID
OL18239906M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1937275 bytes)
Series
Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
Edition
1
Pages
258\258
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

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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