Editors:
- The first volume devoted entirely to the cardinal problem of modern population ethics, known as the Repugnant Conclusion
- A must-read for any philosopher with an interest in population ethics
Part of the book series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy (LOET, volume 15)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Most people (including moral philosophers), when faced with the fact that some of their cherished moral views lead up to the Repugnant Conclusion, feel that they have to revise their moral outlook. However, it is a moot question as to how this should be done. It is not an easy thing to say how one should avoid the Repugnant Conclusion, without having to face even more serious implications from one's basic moral outlook. Several such attempts are presented in this volume. This is the first volume devoted entirely to the cardinal problem of modern population ethics, known as 'The Repugnant Conclusion'.
This book is a must for (moral) philosophers with an interest in population ethics.
Reviews
"The strongest quality of this manuscript is that a very important problem in theoretical ethics gets a thorough treatment from different angles and by highly qualified authors. [...] it is very readable and suggestive. The introduction ties the contributions together in an instructive way and the various contributions are arranged in a logical way. Furthermore, the contributions all seem to take part in the same discussion and seem to be aware of each other. This gives freshness to the book. [...] the contributions are imaginative and pedagogical."
Editors and Affiliations
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Stockholm University, Sweden
Torbjörn Tännsjö
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University of Roskilde, Denmark
Jesper Ryberg
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Repugnant Conclusion
Book Subtitle: Essays on Population Ethics
Editors: Torbjörn Tännsjö, Jesper Ryberg
Series Title: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2473-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-2472-6Published: 07 February 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6663-3Published: 15 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-2473-3Published: 10 November 2007
Series ISSN: 1387-6678
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0323
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 261
Topics: Ontology, Ethics, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law