PHIL 120W Final: NON IDENTITY PROBLEM & REPUGNANT CONCLUSION - FINAL EXAM NOTES

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 120W
• Professor: Bruno Guindon

Document Summary

Final exam notes non identity problem & repugnant conclusion arguments. Furthermore, based on our lecture slides, the non-identity case is built on four key claims. Parift - it is virtually impossible to harm a person or future generations by an actions prior to their existence. Parfit: according to the average principle, quality of life is what ultimately matters, according to the total principle, once we"ve past a certain threshold, quantity of life is what ultimately matters. It is better if there is a net sum of happiness: principle of equality. He argues on perfectionist grounds that b is worse than a. The move from a to b may mean that the best things in life are gone. It would be bad (worse) if the best things in life are gone. Reasoning: better than is an all-things-considered relation. Better than is the converse of the worse than relation.