Journal Title
Title of Journal: Philosophia
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Springer Netherlands
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Authors: Franco Palazzi
Publish Date: 2014/08/19
Volume: 42, Issue: 4, Pages: 1063-1084
Abstract
This article casts light on the moral implications of the possibility of human extinction with a specific focus on extinction caused by an interruption in human reproduction In the first two paragraphs I show that moral philosophy has not yet given promising explanations for the wrongness of this kind of extinction Specifically the second paragraph contains a detailed rejection of John Leslie’s main claims on the im morality of extinction In the third paragraph I offer a demonstration of the fact that a moral view which stresses the permissibility of some types of human extinction can be effectively constructed while in the following paragraph I propose a prima facie defense of a new approach to the topic which is likely to provide us with reasons in favor of the wrongness of a premature departure of humankind
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