Intrapersonal arguments for the Repugnant Conclusion
In “An Intrapersonal Addition Paradox”, Jacob Nebel provides a novel “intrapersonal” argument for the Repugnant Conclusion. The most controversial premise of Nebel’s argument is the “Probable Addition Principle”, on which it is better for individuals to receive additional chances of existence with a...
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| description | In “An Intrapersonal Addition Paradox”, Jacob Nebel provides a novel “intrapersonal” argument for the Repugnant Conclusion. The most controversial premise of Nebel’s argument is the “Probable Addition Principle”, on which it is better for individuals to receive additional chances of existence with a life worth living. I provide an alternative intrapersonal argument for the Repugnant Conclusion which does not assume the Probable Addition Principle. I also
show that Pareto principles alone, when conjoined with very minimal principles of prudence, imply a version of the Repugnant Conclusion. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:5d9072df-b5ac-4906-b3cb-41035d9f1d142023-10-10T12:46:03ZIntrapersonal arguments for the Repugnant ConclusionJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:5d9072df-b5ac-4906-b3cb-41035d9f1d14EnglishSymplectic ElementsUniversity of Chicago Press2023Francis, TIn “An Intrapersonal Addition Paradox”, Jacob Nebel provides a novel “intrapersonal” argument for the Repugnant Conclusion. The most controversial premise of Nebel’s argument is the “Probable Addition Principle”, on which it is better for individuals to receive additional chances of existence with a life worth living. I provide an alternative intrapersonal argument for the Repugnant Conclusion which does not assume the Probable Addition Principle. I also show that Pareto principles alone, when conjoined with very minimal principles of prudence, imply a version of the Repugnant Conclusion. |
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