The Repugnant Conclusion
<p>Refutation</p><p>Which is a better world?</p><p>A world in which 998 people have been born, with their joys and suffering, and then a philosopher is born and writes about the Repugnant Conclusion?</p><p>A world in which 999 people have been born, then a philosopher is born who writes about the R.C.</p><p>A world in which 999 people have been born, with their joys and suffering, and no one discovered and publicized the R.C.</p><p>A world in which 1000 people have been born, no one discovered the R.C.</p>