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BROOME AND THE INTUITION OF NEUTRALITY

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Rabinowicz, Wlodek·2009·Philosophical Issues
DOI 10.1111/j.1533-6077.2009.00174.x
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In “Weighing Lives” (2004) John Broome criticizes a view common to many population axiologists. This is the view that population increases with extra people leading decent lives are axiologically neutral: they make the world neither better nor worse, ceteris paribus. Broome argues that this intuition, however, attractive, cannot be sustained, for several independent reasons. I respond to his criticisms and suggest that the neutrality intuition, if correctly interpreted, can after all be defended.

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Authors
Rabinowicz, W.
Venue
Philosophical Issues
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2009-10
Volume
19
Issue
1
Pages
389-411
ISSN
  • 1533-6077 (ISSN-L)
  • 1758-2237
DOI
10.1111/j.1533-6077.2009.00174.x
OpenAlex
W2094925723
Cited by
76
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23.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Philosophical Issues (publishedVersion)
  • London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
  • Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Philosophy and Ethics
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Keywords
John Broome, population ethics, axiological neutrality

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