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Why cant you add a million happy people instead? or both? I understand this is a philosophical thought experiment, but of course if you keep diluting substance
by volkk 6y ago
Why cant you add a million happy people instead? or both? I understand this is a philosophical thought experiment, but of course if you keep diluting substance X with more and more of substance Y, you'll eventually get mostly substance Y...right? Is it impossible for a society to add 1 happy person for every unhappy person?
- impendia 6y ago> if you keep diluting substance X with more and more of substance Y, you'll eventually get mostly substance Y. Exactly, that's the paradox. Parfit's argument stipulates a series of steps each of which seems to make the world better, but where the end result seems to be worse than what you started with. Hopefully, we can avoid the paradox, and instead grow in such a way that everyone thrives and we mitigate the negative effects on the environment.