How should we aggregate competing claims?
Voorhoeve, A.
(2014).
How should we aggregate competing claims?
Ethics,
125(1), 64 - 87.
https://doi.org/10.1086/677022
(2014).
How should we aggregate competing claims?
Ethics,
125(1), 64 - 87.
https://doi.org/10.1086/677022
Many believe that we ought to save a large number from being permanently bedridden rather than save one from death. Many also believe that we ought to save one from death rather than a multitude from a very minor harm, no matter how large this multitude. I argue that a principle I call “Aggregate Relevant Claims” satisfactorily explains these judgments. I offer a rationale for this principle and defend it against objections.