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| Population growth: Population growth is affected by a number of factors, including fertility rates, mortality rates, and migration. Fertility rates are the number of live births per 1,000 women of childbearing age, while mortality rates are the number of deaths per 1,000 people in a population each year. _____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Rawls on Population Growth - Dictionary of Arguments
I 162 Population growth/average benefits/Rawls: according to the classical theory of average benefit, institutions should be designed in such a way that the maximum of total benefit is reached, as far as they influence family size, marriage age, etc. In order to achieve the maximum of total benefit. >Average utility. This implies that, as long as the average benefit to the individual is slow to fall as the number of individuals increases, the population should be encouraged to grow indefinitely, no matter how low this average has fallen. >Benefit._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Rawl I J. Rawls A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005 |
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