Some changes in human history have been characterized as revolutionary. Since the 17th
century, people have used the term 'revolution'to refer to substantial change in political …

In the last few decades, several philosophers have written on the topic of moral revolutions,
distinguishing them from other kinds of society-level moral change. This article surveys …

There has been a recent surge of interest in studying radical moral change. A number of
philosophers have turned to Thomas Kuhn's model of scientific revolutions as a framework …

What all scientific revolutions are about…[is] the community's rejection of one time-honored
scientific theory in favor of another incompatible with it.… each transformed… the world …

What drives moral revolutions like the legal abolition of slavery and women's right to vote?
The importance of having an answer to this question lies in the hope of it being able to help …

The abolition of slavery, the endorsement of equal rights regardless of race, ethnicity and
gender and the inclusion of animals in the moral community—these are all developments …

The issue of moral, social and political evolution is a basic chapter of the social sciences
and has given birth to a great variety of theories. Beyond their diversity, these theories …

In the winter of 2019, the appearance of the SARS CoV-2 virus, which led to the COVID-19
pandemic, changed a small part of the biological habitat for human life on Earth, resulting in …

Posner boldly states that there has been no moral counterpart to material progress, and that
the criteria for evaluating any moral change are only valid relative to a particular culture. We …

Since moral revolutions have occurred in the past, it seems plausible to suppose that they
will occur again in the future. What significance, if any, does this prospect have for our …