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THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE ETHICALLY NEUTRAL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2007

KRISTER BYKVIST
KRISTER BYKVIST*
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University of Oxford
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John Broome's Weighing Lives provides a much-needed framework for the intriguing problems of population ethics. It is also an impressive attempt to find a workable solution to these problems. I am not sure that Broome has found the right solution, but I think he has done the ethics profession a tremendous service in tidying up the discussion. The framework he presents will make it possible for the participants in this debate to formulate their positions in a clear and precise manner. Even people who disagree with him will be helped by this framework, since they will now be able to show exactly where their views differ.

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Symposium
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Economics & Philosophy , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , March 2007 , pp. 97 - 105
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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