Jumping the hurdles of moral progress
(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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- author
- Andersson, Henrik LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Value, morality & social reality : essays dedicated to Dan Egonsson, Björn Petersson & Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen - essays dedicated to Dan Egonsson, Björn Petersson & Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen
- editor
- Garcia, Andrés G. ; Gunnemyr, Mattias and Green Verkmäster, Jakob
- pages
- 13 pages
- publisher
- Lund University
- ISBN
- 978-91-89415-65-2
- 978-91-89415-66-9
- DOI
- 10.37852/oblu.189.c511
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 0fa2705c-3f29-4014-88e1-41857f4727ae
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- 2023-10-23 11:20:58
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- 2023-10-24 10:46:33
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