We propose a fundamental challenge to the feasibility of moral progress: most extant
theories of progress, we will argue, assume an unrealistic level of cognitive control people …

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 …

In this paper, I argue that recent evidence regarding the psychological basis of moral
cognition supports a form of (moderate) moral abolitionism. I identify three main problems …

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 …

Many consider the world to be morally better today than it was in the past and expect moral
improvement to continue. How do people explain what drives this change? We identify two …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

Learning the psychological origins of our moral judgments can lead us to lose confidence in
them. In this paper I explain why. I consider two explanations drawn from existing literature …