Overpopulation and the Quality of Life

In Peter Singer (ed.), Applied Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 145-164 (1986)
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How many people should there be? Can there be overpopulation: too many people living? I shall present a puzzling argument about these questions, show how this argument can be strengthened, then sketch a possible reply.

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