That's talking about the average across the population of whole lives, not the average of times within a life. That is, according to the average view in population ethics, the value of a world is given by the average of x1, x2, x3 .... where each xn is the lifetime well-being of a different individual who ever lives in that world. And each xn value is NOT itself an average.
That's talking about the average across the population of whole lives, not the average of times within a life. That is, according to the average view in population ethics, the value of a world is given by the average of x1, x2, x3 .... where each xn is the lifetime well-being of a different individual who ever lives in that world. And each xn value is NOT itself an average.
OK, I think I follow you. So roughly speaking, what do you propose for f(x_n) that differs significantly from just f(x_n) being their lifetime average utility?
That's talking about the average across the population of whole lives, not the average of times within a life. That is, according to the average view in population ethics, the value of a world is given by the average of x1, x2, x3 .... where each xn is the lifetime well-being of a different individual who ever lives in that world. And each xn value is NOT itself an average.
OK, I think I follow you. So roughly speaking, what do you propose for f(x_n) that differs significantly from just f(x_n) being their lifetime average utility?