The Profoundest Error in Population Ethics
Confused metaphysical dismissals of future-inclusive beneficence| www.goodthoughts.blog
Confused metaphysical dismissals of future-inclusive beneficence| www.goodthoughts.blog
Population ethics tackles questions like how we should weigh new lives against existing lives, and how we should balance quantity and quality of life (when comparing different-sized populations). This chapter critically surveys five major approaches to population ethics: the total view, the average view, variable value theories, critical level (and critical range) theories, and person-affecting views.| Utilitarianism.net
