Yes that is true. For what it’s worth most people who have looked into population ethics at all reject average utilitarianism as it has some extremely unintuitive implications like the “sadistic conclusion” whereby one can make things better by bringing into existence people with terrible lives, as long as they’re still bringing up the average wellbeing level by doing so i.e. if existing people have even worse lives.
Yes that is true. For what it’s worth most people who have looked into population ethics at all reject average utilitarianism as it has some extremely unintuitive implications like the “sadistic conclusion” whereby one can make things better by bringing into existence people with terrible lives, as long as they’re still bringing up the average wellbeing level by doing so i.e. if existing people have even worse lives.