Couldn’t Be Happier: The Non-Identity Intuition and Valuing People

This paper raises a worry about the non-identity intuition. As one part of the non-identity problem, the non-identity intuition tells us that when choosing between bringing a person with a good life into existence and bringing a person with a great life into existence, we have moral reason to bring...

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Main Author: Fischer, Jessica J. T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2025, Volume: 22, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 556-583
Further subjects:B bearer-regarding reasons
B non-identity intuition
B Johann Frick
B procreation asymmetry
B procreative beneficence
B non-identity problem
B valuing individuals
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