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Parfit, Derek
Fellow, All' Souls, Oxford
Print publication date: 1986 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-824908-5 |
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doi:10.1093/019824908X.003.0018
Abstract: Examines cases of conceiving a happy or a wretched child; how contractualism cannot solve questions about our obligations to future generations; whether outcomes can be worse if they are worse for no one. It examines person-affecting principles; the sum of suffering; the valueless level; and lexical views.
Keywords: benefit, conception, contractualism, future generations, overpopulation, suffering, value, 
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18 The Absurd Conclusion
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