Moral progress may be a matter of time scale. If intuitive measures of moral progress like the
degree of physical violence within a society are taken as empirical markers, then most …

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 …

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

In The Evolution of Moral Progress, Allen Buchanan and Russell Powell resurrect the project
of explaining moral progress. They avoid the errors of earlier attempts by drawing on a wide …

The paper explores the interplay among moral progress, evolution and moral realism.
Although it is nearly uncontroversial to note that morality makes progress of one sort or …

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 …

Abstract Allen Buchanan and Russel Powell's The Evolution of Moral Progress (EMP) is
likely to become a landmark. It adeptly builds on much of the recent empirical work, weaving …

This book develops a unified theory of moral progress. The author argues that there are
mechanisms in place that consistently drive societies towards moral improvement and that a …

Abstract In The Evolution of Moral Progress Allen Buchanan and Russell Powell advance an
evolutionary explanation of moral progress by morality becoming more 'inclusivist'. We are …

The idea of moral progress is a necessary presupposition of action for beings like us. We
must believe that moral progress is possible and that it might have been realized in human …