Zuber, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-4111-2397, Venkatesh, N. orcid.org/0000-0002-6984-3001, Tännsjö, T. orcid.org/0000-0001-9670-4608 et al. (26 more authors) (2021) What should we agree on about the repugnant conclusion? Utilitas, 33 (4). pp. 379-383. ISSN: 0953-8208
Abstract
The Repugnant Conclusion is an implication of some approaches to population ethics. It states, in Derek Parfit's original formulation,
For any possible population of at least ten billion people, all with a very high quality of life, there must be some much larger imaginable population whose existence, if other things are equal, would be better, even though its members have lives that are barely worth living. (Parfit 1984: 388)
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s), 2021. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Philosophy; Philosophy and Religious Studies |
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| Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
| Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2025 10:04 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Nov 2025 10:04 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Identification Number: | 10.1017/s095382082100011x |
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