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I was assuming that the extra X lives would generate a lot of additional "incomparability" (as in Johan Gustafsson's discussions of "undistinguishedness"); but fair point that it may depend on the details of the view. Gustafsson, J. (2020). Population axiology and the possibility of a fourth category of absolute value. Economics & Philosophy, 36: 81–110. doi.org/10.1017/S026626…
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I was assuming that the extra X lives would generate a lot of additional "incomparability" (as in Johan Gustafsson's discussions of "undistinguishedness"); but fair point that it may depend on the details of the view.
Gustafsson, J. (2020). Population axiology and the possibility of a fourth category of absolute value. Economics & Philosophy, 36: 81–110. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266267119000087