Journal article
Some possibilities in population axiology
- Abstract:
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It is notoriously difficult to find an intuitively satisfactory rule for evaluating populations based on the welfare of the people in them. Standard examples, like total utilitarianism, either entail the Repugnant Conclusion or in some other way contradict common intuitions about the relative value of populations. Several philosophers have presented formal arguments that seem to show that this happens of necessity: our core intuitions stand in contradiction. This paper assesses the state of p...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ Arts and Humanities Research Council
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Funding agency for:
Thomas, T
Grant:
RPG-2014-064
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Mind Journal website
- Volume:
- 127
- Issue:
- 507
- Pages:
- 807–832
- Publication date:
- 2017-12-29
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-11-29
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1460-2113
- ISSN:
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0026-4423
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:801109
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uuid:09135568-0538-49e4-901d-81bcde4db49b
- Local pid:
- pubs:801109
- Source identifiers:
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801109
- Deposit date:
- 2017-11-29
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- Copyright holder:
- Thomas, T
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2017 T. Thomas. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Oxford University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzx047
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