TY - CHAP

T1 - Superiority in value and the repugnant conclusion

AU - Jensen, Karsten Klint

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - James Griffin has considered a weak form of superiority in value a possible remedy to the Repugnant Conclusion. In this paper, I demonstrate that, in a context where value is additive, this weaker form collapses into a stronger form of superiority. And in a context where value is non-additive, weak superiority does not amount to a radical value difference at all. I then spell out the consequences of these results for different interpretations of Griffin's suggestion regarding population ethics. None of them comes out very successful, but perhaps they nevertheless retain some interest.

AB - James Griffin has considered a weak form of superiority in value a possible remedy to the Repugnant Conclusion. In this paper, I demonstrate that, in a context where value is additive, this weaker form collapses into a stronger form of superiority. And in a context where value is non-additive, weak superiority does not amount to a radical value difference at all. I then spell out the consequences of these results for different interpretations of Griffin's suggestion regarding population ethics. None of them comes out very successful, but perhaps they nevertheless retain some interest.

M3 - Book chapter

BT - Hommage à Wlodek

A2 - Rønnow-Rasmussen, Toni

A2 - Petersson, Björn

A2 - Josefsson, Jonas

A2 - Egonsson, Dan

PB - Samlignsnummer för enstaka enskilt utgivna arbeteb

CY - Lund

ER -