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Applied EthicsAdvanced28 minPlanned

Population Axiology and the Impossibility Results

Every way of ranking populations by size and welfare violates one of a small set of conditions that all look compulsory

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Will definepopulation axiologyvariable value viewimpossibility theorem in population ethics
Assumesrepugnant conclusiontotal viewprior existence viewimpersonal valueperson-affecting principlemere addition paradoxcritical level viewaverage view

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