Even before considering moral status, we can say that lives that contain more and more of non-instrumental goods are more valuable than lives that contain fewer and less of those non-instrumental goods.
Did this mean something like:
Even before considering moral status, we can say that lives that contain more types of non-instrumental goods, and/āor more of each type, are more valuable than lives that contain fewer types of those non-instrumental goods, and/āor less of each type.
Also, footnote 59 appears to be missing a quotation mark to open the quote.
The farming of cochineal may cause an additional 4.6 to 21 trillion deaths, primarily nymphs that do not survive to adulthood.
(Minor points)
Did this mean something like:
Also, footnote 59 appears to be missing a quotation mark to open the quote.
I assume this is the annual number of deaths?
Hi Michael,
Strictly speaking, the two sentences arenāt equivalent. If you remove the two instances of āorā in the second sentence, then they are.
Footnote 59 has been fixed, thanks.
Yep, those are meant to be annual deaths.