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[0]: > Modulo a few technical assumptions - any system of population ethics has to embrace either the Repugnant Conclusion, the Anti-Egalitarian Conclusion or
by walkhour 4y ago
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> Modulo a few technical assumptions - any system of population ethics has to embrace either the Repugnant Conclusion, the Anti-Egalitarian Conclusion or the Sadistic conclusion.
Something to keep in mind when thinking about population ethics.
If you think this is taking the theory to the extreme with no contact in the real world you may want to think why China instituted the one child policy.
[0] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZGSd5K5Jzn6wrKckC/embracing-the-sadistic-conclusion https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZGSd5K5Jzn6wrKckC/embracing-...