There are a variety of reasons why EAs might care about the notion of moral progress. It might be viewed as a cause area: the better we understand moral progress, the better placed we will be to bring it about. It also might tell us something about the value of the future and how optimistic to be in general about investments in moral circle expansion, value changes, and moral campaigns.
EA Anywhere Discussion: How moral progress happens
There are a variety of reasons why EAs might care about the notion of moral progress. It might be viewed as a cause area: the better we understand moral progress, the better placed we will be to bring it about. It also might tell us something about the value of the future and how optimistic to be in general about investments in moral circle expansion, value changes, and moral campaigns.
We encourage you to read a case study about the decline of footbinding as a preparation for the discussion.
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