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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
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00455091.2016.1278150
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 | ||||||
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| 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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| 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 | ||||||
| Funder: | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Sweden. Vetenskapsrådet [Research Council] |
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