Total view

person-affecting views | population ethics | repugnant conclusion | utilitarianism

The total view is a view in population ethics that regards one outcome as better than another if and only if it contains greater total wellbeing, regardless of whether it does so because people are better off or because the outcome containsthere are more well-off people. It may be contrasted with person-affecting views.

The total view is a view in population ethics that regards one outcome as better than another if and only if it contains greater total wellbeing, regardless of whether it does so because people in this outcome are better off or because the outcome contains more well-off people. It may be contrasted with person-affecting views.