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 …

Assuming that there is moral progress, and assuming that the abolition of slavery is an
example of it, how does moral progress occur? Is it mainly driven by specific individuals who …

On occasion one hears debates about whether or not the history of man-or, perhaps, the
history of civilized man-shows that some sort of" progress" has taken place. It is wholly …

Societies change over time. Chattel slavery and foot‐binding have been abolished,
democracy has become increasingly widespread, gay rights have become established in …

In this essay, I examine the interplay between history, progress, and morality, as it is
discussed explicitly or implicitly in the metaethical literature. At first sight, it is perhaps …

Essentially everyone agrees that the outlawing of slavery, or the beginning of women's
suffrage, or the defeat of Nazism constitute paradigmatic examples of moral progress in …

What is moral progress? Are we striving for moral progress when we seek to" make the
world a better place"? What connects the different ways in which moral agents, their actions …

A number of themes are addressed below concerning the environment, nature, and
implications of moral progress. Central to the account is the very credibility of moral progress …

Awareness that moral beliefs and practices have changed across time threatens our
confidence in our current moral beliefs: if past moral beliefs turned out to be wrong, how can …

My goal in this paper is to shed light on how moral progress actually occurs. I begin by
restating a conception of moral progress that I set out in previous work, the “Naïve …