33 min
5. Population Ethics Introduction to Utilitarianism
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- Philosophy
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. The original text contained 63 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.
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First published:
January 29th, 2023
Source:
https://utilitarianism.net/population-ethics
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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. The original text contained 63 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.
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First published:
January 29th, 2023
Source:
https://utilitarianism.net/population-ethics
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
33 min