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The Repugnant Conclusion - Couverture rigide

Cowie, Christopher

 
9781138605442: The Repugnant Conclusion
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1138605441 ISBN 13 : 9781138605442
Editeur : Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

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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À propos de l'auteur

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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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138605441
ISBN 13 
9781138605442
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
124
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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