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Repugnant Conclusion

The "Repugnant Conclusion" is a theoretical consequence in population ethics whereby, within certain aggregative moral frameworks, a very large population with barely positive welfare is considered morally preferable to a smaller population with significantly higher welfare, thereby challenging intuitive judgments about the value of well-being and population size.

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  1. TT
    Torbjörn Tännsjö

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    3 publications · 267 citations

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  2. WB
    Walter Bossert

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    3 publications · 79 citations

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  3. JE
    Johan E. Gustafsson

    University of York, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 131 citations

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  4. YN
    Yew‐Kwang Ng

    Monash University, Australia

    2 publications · 317 citations

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    Marc Fleurbaey

    Princeton University, United States

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  1. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    429 citations

  2. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    158 citations

  3. Institute for Futures Studies

    Stockholm, Sweden

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    341 citations

  4. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    244 citations

  5. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    104 citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    650 citations

  7. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    131 citations

  8. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    94 citations

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  1. Utilitas

    7 publications · 401 citations

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  2. Ethics

    5 publications · 141 citations

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  3. Economics and Philosophy

    4 publications · 323 citations

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  4. Theoria

    3 publications · 189 citations

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  5. Mind

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