On Limited Aggregation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6325532
AutoresPatrick Tomlin (0000-0002-6258-2988, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen45
Número3
Páginas232-260
Fecha de publicación2017-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPhilosophy & Public Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0048-3915 • E-ISSN: 1088-4963
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/papa.12097
OpenAlexW2765337545
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20

Consider the following pair of cases: \n \nCase 1. You can save one person from death, or some larger number of people, N 1, from paralysis. \n \nCase 2.You can save one person from death, or some larger number of people, N 2, from a mild headache. \n \nOn one view, let’s call it Pure Aggregation, in both cases we have to see how large N is before deciding what to do. If N 1 gets large enough, we should save the people from paralysis. And if N 2 gets large enough, we should prevent the mild headaches. According to another view, Anti-Aggregation, in both cases we should save the one person from death: we should simply satisfy the strongest claim, no matter how large the number of people possessing competing weaker claims gets. \n

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