Comment by [deleted] on 14/01/2020 at 16:20 UTC

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View submission: On population ethics, the development of Derek Parfit's thought, and the origin of Parfit's "repugnant conclusion"

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We should also clarify here that the repugnant conclusion is a rebuttal of classical act utilitarianism; Parfit himself espoused a form of rule consequentialism, and was sometimes referred to as a utilitarian (though this is obviously disputed, and to my knowledge he preferred the term "consequentialist").

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Comment by DarkMarxSoul at 14/01/2020 at 17:35 UTC

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Can you speak to the difference between utilitarianism and consequentialism?