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Tomlin, Patrick (2017) On limited aggregation. Philosophy & Public Affairs, 45 (3). pp. 232-260. doi:10.1111/papa.12097 ISSN 0048-3915.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/papa.12097
Abstract
Consider the following pair of cases:
Case 1. You can save one person from death, or some larger number of people, N 1, from paralysis.
Case 2.You can save one person from death, or some larger number of people, N 2, from a mild headache.
On one view, let’s call it Pure Aggregation, in both cases we have to see how large N is before deciding what to do. If N 1 gets large enough, we should save the people from paralysis. And if N 2 gets large enough, we should prevent the mild headaches. According to another view, Anti-Aggregation, in both cases we should save the one person from death: we should simply satisfy the strongest claim, no matter how large the number of people possessing competing weaker claims gets.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics J Political Science > JC Political theory |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Public policy, Ethics | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophy & Public Affairs | ||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0048-3915 | ||||||
Official Date: | 19 December 2017 | ||||||
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Volume: | 45 | ||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 232-260 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/papa.12097 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 July 2018 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 19 December 2019 |
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