0 If behaviour or beliefs, etc. are repugnant, they are very unpleasant, causing a feeling of disgust:
Counters think it is okay to be ignorant, a position which ridgeologists find repugnant and even demeaning.
And once we accept the repugnant conclusion, the putative paradoxes of population ethics go away.
They must address other serious problems as well, including the repugnant conclusion.
But some people seem to find the repugnant conclusion repugnant.
In particular, is there a way for an egalitarian to show that we ought to accept the repugnant conclusion?
We know that the repugnant conclusion is acceptable from the point of view of total utilitarianism.
However, this conclusion is in no way repugnant.
The lower it is set, the more repugnant the outcomes we are driven to acknowledge as better.
