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Sikora , Brian Barry Jefferson McMahanJefferson McMahanPDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Ethics Volume 92, Number 1Oct., 1981Special Issue on Rights Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/292301 Views: 88Total views on this site Citations: 78Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1981 University of ChicagPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Jacob M Nebel The Sum of Well-Being, Mind 132, no.528528 (Jul 2023): 1074–1104.https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzad019Elliott Thornley The procreation asymmetry, improvable-life avoidance and impairable-life acceptance, Analysis 83, no.33 (Jul 2023): 517–526.https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anac103Matti Häyry Procreative Generosity: Why We Should Not Have Children, Philosophies 8, no.55 (Oct 2023): 96.https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies8050096Christian Tarsney, Michael Geruso, Dean Spears Egyptians, Aliens, and Okies: Against the Sum of Averages, Utilitas 74 (Sep 2023): 1–7.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0953820823000225Teruji Thomas The asymmetry, uncertainty, and the long term, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 107, no.22 (Nov 2022): 470–500.https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12927Roberto Fumagalli A Dissolution of the Repugnant Conclusion, Journal of Applied Philosophy 77 (Jul 2023).https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12675Ingmar Persson Compassion for Possible Beings, Topoi 92 (Jul 2023).https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-023-09938-xJonas Harney The Interpersonal Comparative View of Welfare: Its Merits and Flaws, The Journal of Ethics 22 (Jun 2023).https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-023-09436-7Pablo García-Barranquero, Joan Llorca Albareda, Gonzalo Díaz-Cobacho Is ageing undesirable? 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