timtyler comments on A (small) critique of total utilitarianism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 07 July 2012 10:09:23AM 0 points [-]

This one left me wondering - is "population ethics" any different from "politics"?

Comment author: Danfly 07 July 2012 11:08:14AM 0 points [-]

Interesting point, but I would say there are areas of politics that don't really come under "ethics". "What is currently the largest political party in the USA?" is a question about politics and demographics, but I wouldn't call it a question of population ethics. I'd say that you could probably put anything from the subset of "population ethics" into the broad umbrella of "politics" though.