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64 Post author: Ghatanathoah 26 July 2012 07:20AM

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Comment author: Ghatanathoah 30 July 2012 07:18:58AM 1 point [-]

What Parfit postulates should be called, to avoid equivocation, "A life barely worth celebrating" - it's good news and you say "Yay!" but very softly. I'd even argue that this should be a universal standard for all discussions of the Repugnant Conclusion.

Excellent point. I'll try to remember to do that if I end up discussing this again.

Comment author: shminux 30 July 2012 07:34:57AM 6 points [-]

"barely worth creating" is probably a less ambiguous term.

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