In population ethics, swamping refers to the idea that an axiology that thinks there is “more at stake” can swamp other axiologies, even if one has low credence in that axiology.

External links

• http://users.ox.ac.uk/~mert2255/papers/mu-about-pe.pdf
• Carl Shulman. “Population ethics and inaccessible populations”. Reflective Disequilibrium. Retrieved February 17, 2018.