Journal
ANALYSIS
Volume 82, Issue 2, Pages 354-366Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/analys/anac017
Keywords
moral revolution; moral change; moral progress; the structure of moral revolutions; the dynamics of moral revolutions
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- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research [016.Veni.195.513, 024.004.03]
- European Research Council Horizon 2020 Framework Programme [851043]
- Gravitation programme of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science [024.004.03]
- European Research Council (ERC) [851043] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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This article provides an overview of recent accounts of moral revolutions in moral philosophy, discussing the criteria for defining moral revolutions, the factors that cause them, and how they differ from other kinds of moral change.
In the last few decades, several philosophers have written on the topic of moral revolutions, distinguishing them from other kinds of society-level moral change. This article surveys recent accounts of moral revolutions in moral philosophy. Different authors use quite different criteria to pick out moral revolutions. Features treated as relevant include radicality, depth or fundamentality, pervasiveness, novelty and particular causes. We also characterize the factors that have been proposed to cause moral revolutions, including anomalies in existing moral codes, changing honour codes, art, economic conditions and individuals or groups. Finally, we discuss what accounts of moral revolutions have in common, how they differ and how moral revolutions are distinguished from other kinds of moral change, such as drift and reform.
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