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Finneron-Burns, E. M. (Elizabeth Mary) (2016) Contractualism and the non-identity problem. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 19 (5). pp. 1151-1163. doi:10.1007/s10677-016-9723-8 ISSN 1386-2820.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10677-016-9723-8

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Abstract

This paper argues that T.M. Scanlon’s contractualism can provide a solution to the non-identity problem. It first argues that there is no reason not to include future people in the realm of those to whom we owe justification, but that merely possible people are not included. It then goes on to argue that a person could reasonably reject a principle that left them with a barely worth living life even though that principle caused them to exist, and that current people could not justify creating people with barely worth living lives on the grounds that it caused those people to exist.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Ethics, Intergenerational relations -- Philosophy, Scanlon, Thomas -- Criticism, Textual
Journal or Publication Title: Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
ISSN: 1386-2820
Official Date: November 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
November 2016Published
25 April 2016Available
UNSPECIFIEDAccepted
Volume: 19
Number: 5
Page Range: pp. 1151-1163
DOI: 10.1007/s10677-016-9723-8
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: 25 April 2018
Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Sweden. Vetenskapsrådet [Research Council]

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