Having a thriving 10,000 person society seems much more appealing than a dysfunctional society of a million people
This implies that you have some method of avoiding the Repugnant Conclusion.
Almost everything avoids the Repugnant Conclusion. It’s a failure mode of only a tiny fraction of models.
Depends on how dysfunctional the society is.
That’s a fair question! In short, I don’t quite agree with population ethics, and I’m skeptical of the quantification that comes with utilitarianism.
Of course, these are separate topics worthy of discussion. Hope to write thoughts on them soon!
This implies that you have some method of avoiding the Repugnant Conclusion.
Almost everything avoids the Repugnant Conclusion. It’s a failure mode of only a tiny fraction of models.
Depends on how dysfunctional the society is.
That’s a fair question! In short, I don’t quite agree with population ethics, and I’m skeptical of the quantification that comes with utilitarianism.
Of course, these are separate topics worthy of discussion. Hope to write thoughts on them soon!