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 …

This paper shows that moral progress is a substantive and plausible idea. Moral progress in
belief involves deepening our grasp of existing moral concepts, while moral progress in …

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

Research suggests that the explicit reasoning we offer to ourselves and to others is often
rationalization, that we act instead on instincts, inclinations, stereotypes, emotions …

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 …

At first glance, one of the most obvious places to look for moral progress is in individuals, in
particular in moral development from childhood to adulthood. In fact, that moral progress is …

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 …

Changes over time in many large scale human practices such as science and technology
seem best understood in terms of progress. Further, regarding such practices as slavery, we …

IN the literature on moral progress, a central philosophical puzzle relates to how large-scale
behavioral change occurs. What explains the end of slavery, reductions in poverty …

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 …