Moral Teleology : A Theory of Progress
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 sophisticated, naturalistically respectable form of teleology can be defended.The book's main aim is to flesh out the pro...
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2023
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