The Repugnant Conclusion

Essays on Population Ethics
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-90-481-6663-3
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 261 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 411 g

Reihe: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy

Most people (including moral philosophers), when faced with the fact that some of their cherished moral views lead up to the Repugnant Conclusion, feel that they have to revise their moral outlook. However, it is a moot question as to how this should be done. It is not an easy thing to say how one should avoid the Repugnant Conclusion, without having to face even more serious implications from one's basic moral outlook. Several such attempts are presented in this volume. This is the first volume devoted entirely to the cardinal problem of modern population ethics, known as 'The Repugnant Conclusion'.

This book is a must for (moral) philosophers with an interest in population ethics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tännsjö, Torbjörn

Ryberg, Jesper

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Overpopulation and the Quality of Life.- Two Parfit Puzzles.- Critical-Level Population Principles And The Repugnant Conclusion.- O Repugnance, Where Is Thy Sting?.- Resolving The Repugnant Conclusion.- Person-Based Consequentialism And The Procreation Obligation.- Person-Affecting Moralities.- Repugnance Or Intransitivity: A Repugnant But Forced Choice.- The Root Of The Repugnant Conclusion And Its Rebuttal.- The Paradoxes Of Future Generations And Normative Theory.- Why We Ought To Accept The Repugnant Conclusion.- The Repugnant Conclusion And Worthwhile Living.- Postscript.