Pablo_Stafforini comments on Mahatma Armstrong: CEVed to death. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Pablo_Stafforini 17 June 2013 12:59:47PM *  2 points [-]

(BTW, I have yet to hear a take on population ethics that doesn't include conclusions that are highly counterintuitive!)

You will never hear of such a take, since it's been shown that all population theories will violate at least one highly intuitive criterion of adequacy. See Blackorby, Bossert & Donaldson (2003) and Arrhenius (2000). Unfortunately few people in this community seem to be aware of these results.