Comment by fencerman on 15/01/2020 at 18:49 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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Much like "utility monster" thought experiments, it's useful as a guide to see the shortfalls in utilitarian analysis, but it's not an argument that we should strive for a massively over-populated planet, anymore than "utility monster" arguments conclude that we should build some kind of hedonism bot.

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