1st Edition

Moral Teleology A Theory of Progress

By Hanno Sauer Copyright 2023
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction

1. The Shape of Things to Come: What is Moral Progress?

2. Butchering Benevolence: Is Moral Progress Possible?

3. The End of Utopia: Does Moral Progress Have a Goal?

4. Looking Forward: Towards Teleology 2.0

5. Beyond Expansion: Which Types of Moral Progress Are There?

6. Mechanisms of Moral Evolution: What Drives Moral Progress?

7. Unsocial Sociability: How Can Moral Progress be Sustained?

8. The Long March: Does Moral Progress Require Moral Facts?

Conclusion

Biography

Hanno Sauer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He is the author of Moral Judgments as Educated Intuitions (2017), Debunking Arguments in Ethics (2018), and Moral Thinking, Fast and Slow (Routledge, 2018).