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Moral Teleology: A Theory of Progress

Moral Teleology: A Theory of Progress

Sauer, Hanno

Paperback

Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory

Philosophy

ISBN10: 1032451815
ISBN13: 9781032451817
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 28 2024
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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 process of moral progress in more detail, and to show how, when the right mechanisms and institutions of moral progress are matched together, they create pressure for the desired types of moral gains to manifest. The first part of the book deals with two issues: the conceptual one about what moral progress is, and the broadly empirical one whether it is possible. It shows that cultural evolution successfully explains the origins of modern forms of morally welcome change. The second part argues that there is logical space for a moderate, scientifically credible form of teleology, and that the converse case for moral decline is weak. It addresses the types, drivers, and institutions of moral progress that allow for the storage, transmission, and cumulative improvement of our normative infrastructure over time. Finally, the third part demonstrates why moral progress cannot be accounted for in metaethically realist terms.

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