Possible people.
Possible people.
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可能的人。
DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8519.1988.tb00055.x
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发表时间：
1988
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影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
R. M. Hare
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作者：
R. M. Hare
当我们可以选择让某人存在或不这样做时，必须考虑可能的人的利益。本文探讨了这种观点对人口政策的影响，得出了一种功利主义的结论，该功利主义提出增加社会人口，同时增加总效用，而不改变其比例分配，直到人口的最低部分低于生命值得过的收支平衡点。审查了贫困是否是痛苦的主要原因以及减少社会和经济不平等的义务有多大等问题。
Where we have a choice between bringing someone into existence and not doing so, the interests of the possible person must be considered. The implications of this view for population policy are explored, concluding with a version of utilitarianism that proposes increasing the population of a society while increasing the total utility, without altering its proportionate distribution, until the lowest segment of the population comes below the break-even point at which life is just worth living. Questions of whether poverty is the chief cause of misery and how great an obligation is owed to reducing social and economic inequalities are examined.