Superiority in value and the repugnant conclusion
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Superiority in value and the repugnant conclusion. / Jensen, Karsten Klint.
Hommage à Wlodek: philosophical papers dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz. ed. / Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen; Björn Petersson; Jonas Josefsson; Dan Egonsson. Lund : Samlignsnummer för enstaka enskilt utgivna arbeteb, 2007.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Superiority in value and the repugnant conclusion
AU - Jensen, Karsten Klint
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - James Griffin has considered a weak form of superiority in value a possible remedy to the Repugnant Conclusion. In this paper, I demonstrate that, in a context where value is additive, this weaker form collapses into a stronger form of superiority. And in a context where value is non-additive, weak superiority does not amount to a radical value difference at all. I then spell out the consequences of these results for different interpretations of Griffin's suggestion regarding population ethics. None of them comes out very successful, but perhaps they nevertheless retain some interest.
AB - James Griffin has considered a weak form of superiority in value a possible remedy to the Repugnant Conclusion. In this paper, I demonstrate that, in a context where value is additive, this weaker form collapses into a stronger form of superiority. And in a context where value is non-additive, weak superiority does not amount to a radical value difference at all. I then spell out the consequences of these results for different interpretations of Griffin's suggestion regarding population ethics. None of them comes out very successful, but perhaps they nevertheless retain some interest.
M3 - Book chapter
BT - Hommage à Wlodek
A2 - Rønnow-Rasmussen, Toni
A2 - Petersson, Björn
A2 - Josefsson, Jonas
A2 - Egonsson, Dan
PB - Samlignsnummer för enstaka enskilt utgivna arbeteb
CY - Lund
ER -
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