You could claim that causing someone to come into existence and have a happy life but then die prematurely is a bad act. Some people do claim this, but most people don’t and I thought it was sufficiently implausible that it was worth rejecting. If you do make this assumption, it raises new concerns.
You wrote that act B (nonexistence) is greater than or equal to act C (full happy life). I understand that they’re equal under a standard person affecting view, but I’m asking if there’s any view under which act B is greater. If there’s no such view, it may make more sense to say B = C instead of B ≥ C, as the latter equation implies that such a view does exist.
You could claim that causing someone to come into existence and have a happy life but then die prematurely is a bad act. Some people do claim this, but most people don’t and I thought it was sufficiently implausible that it was worth rejecting. If you do make this assumption, it raises new concerns.
You wrote that act B (nonexistence) is greater than or equal to act C (full happy life). I understand that they’re equal under a standard person affecting view, but I’m asking if there’s any view under which act B is greater. If there’s no such view, it may make more sense to say B = C instead of B ≥ C, as the latter equation implies that such a view does exist.
Sure you could say that, but it doesn’t matter because A = B, B = C, and C > A is still a contradiction.
Okay thanks. Just wanted to clarify.
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