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- Title
Prioritarianism for Variable Populations.
- Authors
Brown, Campbell
- Abstract
Philosophical discussions of prioritarianism, the view that we ought to give priority to those who are worse off, have hitherto been almost exclusively focused on cases involving a fixed population. The aim of this paper is to extend the discussion of prioritarianism to encompass also variable populations. I argue that prioritarianism, in its simplest formulation, is not tenable in this area. However, I also propose several revised formulations that, so I argue, show more promise.
- Subjects
MODERN philosophy -- 21st century; POPULATION; CRITICISM; ETHICS; PRIORITY (Philosophy)
- Publication
Philosophical Studies, 2007, Vol 134, Issue 3, p325
- ISSN
0031-8116
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11098-005-0897-5