Moral progress: An introduction

Abstract

This special issue contains 11 articles that are revisions of keynote lectures and papers that were presented during the conference ‘Moral Progress: Concepts, Measurements, and Applications’ that took place on June 24–25, 2015 at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice was one of the sponsors. This introduction explores the issue of moral progress, analyses relevant recent publications, and situates as well as summarises the other contributions to the special issue.