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repugnant conclusion: a standalone construct

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the implication that a huge population with lives barely worth living could be better than a smaller, very happy one.

In ethics, repugnant conclusion refers to the implication that a huge population with lives barely worth living could be better than a smaller, very happy one. This meaning comes from Parfit (2016) in Theoria.[1]

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  1. Parfit, D. (2016). Can We Avoid the Repugnant Conclusion? Theoria, 82(2), 110-127. https://doi.org/10.1111/theo.12097

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