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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01kd17ct04m| Title: | HARMING FUTURE PEOPLE: A DE DICTO APPROACH TO THE NON-IDENTITY PROBLEM |
| Authors: | Hildebrand, Laura |
| Advisors: | Frick, Johann |
| Department: | Philosophy |
| Class Year: | 2014 |
| Abstract: | Caspar Hare's concept of de dicto future people, in combination with a principle of wrongness based on expected harm, explains the wrongness of knowingly producing a child with a moderate quality of life over a child with a high quality of life, thus solving the non-identity problem in same-number cases. |
| Extent: | 41 |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01kd17ct04m |
| Type of Material: | Princeton University Senior Theses |
| Language: | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | Philosophy, 1924-2020 |
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