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The Repugnant Conclusion: Essays on Population Ethics

By Torbjörn Tännsjö , Torbjörn Tännsjö (auth.) , Jesper Ryberg , Jesper Ryberg (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2004
ISBN
978-1-4020-2472-6, 978-1-4020-2473-3
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-2473-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1921869 bytes)
Series
Library Of Ethics And Applied Philosophy 15
Edition
1
Pages
261\260
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-20 14:31:21
Ontology; Ethics; Criminal Law

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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