What do we learn from the repugnant conclusion?

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The concept of Repugnant Conclusion, as presented by Derek Parfit, envisions a society where a large amount of total utility is obtained by having many persons living at near-zero levels of utility. The unbounded summation of utilities can overwhelm the importance of other values. Total utility can be obtained only as a potentially unbounded magnitude. In addition, there is no morally acceptable method for bounding ethical values.

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Internalist moral cognitivism and listlessness

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The combination of robust internalism about first-person moral ought beliefs and moral cognitivism undermines moral agency. Moral theory does not impose legitimate metaphysical or conceptual demands on human motivation. If cognitivist ought beliefs were necessary for moral agency, there would be much skepticism regarding the rule of humans as moral agents.

Intrinsic motivation

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