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What calibrating variable-value population ethics suggests
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy. wedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Sweden; Institute for Futures Studies, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8382-1802
Number of Authors: 22024 (English)In: Economics and Philosophy, ISSN 0266-2671, E-ISSN 1474-0028, Vol. 40, no 3, p. 673-684Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Variable-Value axiologies avoid Parfit's Repugnant Conclusion while satisfying some weak instances of the Mere Addition principle. We apply calibration methods to two leading members of the family of Variable-Value views conditional upon: first, a very weak instance of Mere Addition and, second, some plausible empirical assumptions about the size and welfare of the intertemporal world population. We find that such facts calibrate these two Variable-Value views to be nearly totalist, and therefore imply conclusions that should seem repugnant to anyone who opposes Total Utilitarianism only due to the Repugnant Conclusion.

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2024. Vol. 40, no 3, p. 673-684
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Repugnant Conclusion, variable-value views, utilitarianism, calibration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-228135DOI: 10.1017/S0266267124000026ISI: 001192264100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85190117607OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-228135DiVA, id: diva2:1850376
Available from: 2024-04-10 Created: 2024-04-10 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved

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