Thanks! Just read some summaries of parfit. Do you know any literature that addresses this issue within the context of a) impacts to other species, or b) using artificial minds as the additional population? I assume the total utilitarianism theory assumes arbitrarily growing physical space for populations to expand into and would not apply to finite spaces or resources (I think I recall bostrom addressing that).
Reading up on parfit also made me realize that deep utopia really has prerequisites and you were right that it’s probably more readily understood by those with philosophy background. I didn’t really understand what he was saying about utilitarianism until just reading about parfit.
Thanks! Just read some summaries of parfit. Do you know any literature that addresses this issue within the context of a) impacts to other species, or b) using artificial minds as the additional population? I assume the total utilitarianism theory assumes arbitrarily growing physical space for populations to expand into and would not apply to finite spaces or resources (I think I recall bostrom addressing that).
Reading up on parfit also made me realize that deep utopia really has prerequisites and you were right that it’s probably more readily understood by those with philosophy background. I didn’t really understand what he was saying about utilitarianism until just reading about parfit.