Repugnant conclusions

D Spears, M Budolfson - Social choice and welfare, 2021 - Springer
… understood to escape the repugnant conclusion do not in fact … the repugnant conclusion
that exclude some repugnant cases, … properties) of the repugnant conclusion. In particular, the …

[HTML][HTML] The repugnant conclusion

G Arrhenius, J Ryberg, T Tännsjö - 2006 - plato.stanford.edu
In Derek Parfit’s original formulation the Repugnant Conclusion is stated as follows:“For any
possible population of at least ten billion people, all with a very high quality of life, there …

Can we avoid the repugnant conclusion?

D Parfit - Theoria, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… that many people have given for various repugnant conclusions, most assume precision. …
Continuum Argument for the Repugnant Conclusion. This argument's main premise claims that …

What do we Learn from the Repugnant Conclusion?

T Cowen - Ethics, 1996 - journals.uchicago.edu
… reason to object to the Repugnant Conclusion world. A pure total utilitarian should not find
Repugnant Conclusion repugnant. Our unwillingness to accept the Repugnant Conclusion

The repugnant conclusion

B Anglin - Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 1977 - Taylor & Francis
… of the average principle just as repugnant as the Repugnant Conclusion. For example, on
the average principle, if the average happiness is negative (ie if people are on the average …

Is the repugnant conclusion repugnant?

J Ryberg - Philosophical Papers, 1996 - Taylor & Francis
… My point, therefore, is to question the Repugnant Conclusion not as a conclusion that we
can hardly understand but as one we too easily misunderstand: not because our imagination is …

Why we ought to accept the repugnant conclusion

T Tannsjo - Utilitas, 2002 - cambridge.org
… argument why the repugnant conclusion is not repugnant and why, as a matter of fact, we
ought to accept it, there are some possible misunderstandings of the conclusion that should be …

Why we ought to accept the repugnant conclusion

T Tännsjö - The repugnant conclusion: Essays on population ethics, 2004 - Springer
… again state my argument why the repugnant conclusion is not repugnant, and I will try to …
people, the repugnant conclusion may at first sight seem unacceptable, it is not repugnant, ie it …

How to avoid the Repugnant Conclusion

R Chang - Ethics and Existence: The Legacy of Derek Parfit, 2021 - books.google.com
… prima facie lead to repugnant conclusions (if A is plausibly on a par with B which is plausibly
on a par with C, we would never arrive at the putative repugnant conclusion that Z is better …

The root of the repugnant conclusion and its rebuttal

I Persson - The repugnant conclusion: essays on population ethics, 2004 - Springer
… Second, although Parfit states the repugnant conclusion in … in which we reach the repugnant
conclusion that an outcome, Z… Root implies the repugnant conclusion that Z- might be worse …