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Finneron-Burns, E. M. (Elizabeth Mary) (2017) What’s wrong with human extinction? Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 47 (2-3). pp. 327-343. doi:10.1080/00455091.2016.1278150 ISSN 0045-5091.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00455091.2016.1278150

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Abstract

This paper explores what could be wrong with the fact of human extinction. I first present four reasons why we might consider human extinction to be wrong: (1) it would prevent millions of people from being born; (2) it would mean the loss of rational life and civilization; (3) it would cause existing people to suffer pain or death; (4) it would involve various psychological traumas. I argue that looking at the question from a contractualist perspective, only reasons (3) and (4) are admissible. I then consider what implications this limitation on reasons has for the wrongfulness of various forms of human extinction.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Human beings -- Extinction -- Philosphy
Journal or Publication Title: Canadian Journal of Philosophy
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 0045-5091
Official Date: 16 January 2017
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16 January 2017Published
29 December 2016Accepted
Volume: 47
Number: 2-3
Page Range: pp. 327-343
DOI: 10.1080/00455091.2016.1278150
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 28 June 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access: 16 July 2018
Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Sweden. Vetenskapsrådet [Research Council]

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