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Broome and the Intuition of Neutrality

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Summary, in English

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.

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

389-411

Publication/Series

Philosophical Issues

Volume

11

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Topic

  • Philosophy

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1533-6077