Comparing Consequentialist Solutions to the Nonidentity Problem

This paper explores the nonidentity problem, an influential puzzle in modern ethics which addresses the nature of our moral responsibilities towards future generations. I begin by laying out the two conflicting intuitions comprising the problem and providing several examples to illustrate how we con...

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Main Author: Ott, Emily K.
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2013
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/635
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1628&context=cmc_theses