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The Repugnant Conclusion: A Philosophical Inquiry: Routledge Focus on Philosophy

Autor Christopher Cowie
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 dec 2019
The Repugnant Conclusion is a controversial theorem about population size. It states that a sufficiently large population of lives that are barely worth living is better than a smaller population of high quality lives. This is highly counter-intuitive. It implies that we can improve the world by trading quality of life for quantity of lives. Can it be defended?
Christopher Cowie explores these questions and unpacks the controversies surrounding the Repugnant Conclusion. He focuses on whether the truth of the Repugnant Conclusion turns - as some have claimed - on the uncomfortable claim that many people’s lives are actually bad for them and that even privileged people lead lives that are only just worth living.
Highly recommended for those interested in ethics, applied ethics and population studies The Repugnant Conclusion will also be of interest to those in related disciplines such as economics, development studies, politics and international relations.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781138605442
ISBN-10: 1138605441
Pagini: 124
Ilustrații: 4 Tables, black and white; 33 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Focus on Philosophy

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

1.Introduction  2. The Repugnant Conclusion  3. The Quality of Life Strategy  4. Assessing the Strategy  5. Conclusion.  Index

Notă biografică

Christopher Cowie is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Durham, UK. He is author of Morality and Epistemic Judgment: The Argument from Analogy (2019), and co-editor of Companions in Guilt Arguments in Metaethics, also published by Routledge.

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Highly recommended for those interested in ethics, applied ethics and population studies The Repugnant Conclusion will also be of interest to those in related disciplines such as economics, development studies, politics and international relations.