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The non-identity problem and the ethics of future people / David Boonin.

Boonin, David, author.
2014
BJ1031 .B659 2014 (Mapit)
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Title
The non-identity problem and the ethics of future people / David Boonin.
Author
Boonin, David, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780199682935 (hardcover)
0199682933 (hardcover)
Published
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Language
English
Description
xv, 293 pages ; 24 cm
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BJ1031 .B659 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
170
Summary
David Boonin presents a new account of the non-identity problem: a puzzle about our obligations to people who do not yet exist. Our actions sometimes have an effect not only on the quality of life that people will enjoy in the future, but on which particular people will exist in the future to enjoy it. In cases where this is so, the combination of certain assumptions that most people seem to accept can yield conclusions that most people seem to reject.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index.
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Five plausible premises and one implausible conclusion
Rejecting the first premise
Rejecting the second premise
Rejecting the third premise
Rejecting the fourth premise
Rejecting the fifth premise
Accepting the conclusion.

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