Preference utilitarianism isn't like total or average utilitarianism. There can't be a "repugnant conclusion" unless people prefer it.
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@VesselOfSpirit Pref u. implies counter to the repug c.: don't add to a coalition unless it makes current members better off. -
In fact I learned that one from you. I'm wondering why you'd endorse the repugnant conclusion.
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Certainly the sequence of utilities in the original argument are incomparable rather than increasing, right?
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i usually understand "preference utilitarianism" to mean aggregating people's selfish (not total) preferences
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if my all-things-considered preferences are the aggregate of everyone's all-things considered preferences,
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then weird issues with circularity pop up
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Right, I agree that's important. So it's what people selfishly want wrt population ethics.
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i think "selfish" means it's about things in your own life. wealth or success or love or whatever
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I'm not sure, but in that case there's still indirect preferences on population. And those would be it.
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