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    Supports→We cannot exorcise the paradoxes of population ethics by giving up the transitivity of 'better than'

    Because Arrhenius's formal impossibility results are axiology-neutral and apply across both transitive and non-transitive orderings, non-transitivity provides no principled escape from the paradoxes Arrhenius identifies.

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    Arrhenius(The statement refers to his formal work on ethical paradoxes)
    Gustaf Arrhenius is a contemporary philosopher who studies ethics and population questions—particularly puzzles about whether it's better to have more people alive, and how to compare different possible futures.
    Axiology-neutral(describing the scope of Arrhenius's findings across different ethical systems)
    Not favoring any particular view about what is good or valuable; the results work regardless of which ethics or values you believe in.
    Formal impossibility results(Arrhenius proved certain ethical problems have no perfect answer)
    Mathematical or logical proofs showing that no solution can satisfy all the requirements we want at the same time—like proving it's impossible to create a system that meets every fairness condition we care about.
    Non-transitive ordering(as a potential escape from Arrhenius's paradoxes)

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    A ranking system where the logical chain can break: you might prefer A over B, and B over C, but actually prefer C over A.
    Paradox (in philosophy)(referring to the ethical contradictions Arrhenius identifies)
    A situation where we reach contradictory or seemingly impossible conclusions, usually revealing a deep problem with how we're thinking about something.
    Transitive(logic and relations)
    A logical property where if A connects to B, and B connects to C, then A must connect to C. For example, if John is a brother of Mike, and Mike is a brother of David, then John is a brother of David.

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