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Introduction
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Introduction
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Introduction book
ByChristopher Cowie
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2019
Imprint Routledge
Pages 5
eBook ISBN 9780429468117
ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book presents the Quality of Life Strategy as a means of defending the Repugnant Conclusion. The Repugnant Conclusion is a controversial theorem about population size. It states that enormous populations of lives that are barely worth living can be better than small populations of high-quality lives. This is highly counter-intuitive. The basic structure is familiar to philosophers as that of a paradox.
