The Enemy of the Good. Towards a Theory of Moral Progress

The Enemy of the Good. Towards a Theory of Moral Progress

The Progress Talks

An online forum for debate on moral progress research

Societies change over time. Democracy has become increasingly widespread, gay rights have become established in some countries, and the environmental movement continues to gain momentum. Do these changes count as moral progress? Is there such a thing? If so, how should we conceptualize it? What are the criteria for measuring moral progress? And what are the main dynamics driving it and the factors blocking it?

These questions receive increasing attention from philosophers, psychologists, biologists and sociologists. THE PROGRESS TALKS is an online forum where ongoing research on moral progress is debated.

Format: ‘Talk and Q&A’ or ‘Research colloquium’ (up to the invited researcher). ‘Talk and Q&A’ sessions consist of a 30-60 min presentation, followed by 15-30 min Q&A. During ‘Research colloquium’ sessions, we will discuss work in progress with our invited researcher. ‘Research colloquium’ meetings are pre-read. Drafts will be uploaded to this website; we will aim to distribute drafts at least one week in advance of each ‘Research colloquium’ meeting.

Location: Online (MS Teams)

Registration: If any of talks in this series (below) sound interesting to you, you can register here (free of charge, of course).

Contact: moralprogresstalks@gmail.com

Program

More events TBA

 

Jamieson, Dale. 2024. “Moral Progress Through Thick and Thin.” May 30. [Abstract]

Smyth, Nicholas. 2024. “Backslide: The Coming Loss of Moral Knowledge.” April 18. [Abstract]

Queloz, Matthieu. 2024. “Moral Progress through Conceptual Change.” February 15. [Abstract]

Jaeggi, Rahel. 2023. “Progress and Regression.” January 18.

Bicchieri, Cristina. 2023. “From is to ought and back: Variability and asymmetry in social inferences from norm information.” October 19.

Anderson, Elizabeth. 2023. “Pragmatism and Moral Progress.” February 9. [Abstract]

Danaher, John and Jeroen Hopster. 2022. “The Normative Significance of Future Moral Revolutions.” December 9. [Abstract]

Allen, Amy. 2022. “Universality, Necessity, and Progress: Marx and the Problem of History.” November 10. [Abstract]

Buchanan, Allen, and Alexander Motchoulski. 2022. “Revolution, Ideology, and Moral Progress.” September 15. [Abstract]

Lowe, Dan. 2022. “Ideology Critique and the Abolition of Slavery in the United States.” May 5. [Abstract]

Kumar, Victor. 2022. “Quarantined in an Echo Chamber.” April 7. [Abstract]

Kitcher, Philip. 2022. “A method for moral progress.” March 10. [Abstract]

Hermann, Julia. 2021. “Moral Progress through Disruption? The Role of (Socially Disruptive) Technologies for Progressive Moral Change.” December 9. [Abstract]