The Repugnant Conclusion
Subtitle: Essays on Population Ethics (Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy)
Contributors: Jesper Ryberg (Editor); Torbjörn Tännsjö (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 1899
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781402024726
Subjects: Population & demography; Practical & applied ethics; Social & political philosophy; Philosophy; Metaphysics; Sociology; Overpopulation; Population; Demography; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy / Metaphysics; Philosophy-Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy-Metaphysics; Social Science / Demography; Moral and ethical aspects; Quality of life
First sentence: Analytic philosophers are often accused of not taking existential questions seriously.