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Jumping the hurdles of moral progress

Andersson, Henrik LU (2023) p.25-37
Abstract
In their work on moral progress, Dan Egonsson and Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen both express a worry concerning possible problems caused by value incommensurability. I show that this worry can be alleviated. This is done by explicating the structure of the concept of moral progress and the structure of value comparatives. With a better understanding of the relevant concepts, it becomes clear that value insommensurability does not pose a dead-end for work on moral progress, but is rather a natural part of the normative domain, and consequently, it is merely one more hurdle to pass in our pursuit of moral progress.
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Value, morality & social reality : essays dedicated to Dan Egonsson, Björn Petersson & Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen - essays dedicated to Dan Egonsson, Björn Petersson & Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen
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Garcia, Andrés G. ; Gunnemyr, Mattias and Green Verkmäster, Jakob
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13 pages
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Lund University
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978-91-89415-65-2
978-91-89415-66-9
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10.37852/oblu.189.c511
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English
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