The idea of moral progress

Metaphilosophy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 168-185

  Moody Adams, Michele M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Moral change; Moral concepts; Moral ignorance; Moral progress; Semantic depth

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149143582     PISSN: 00261068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9973.00120     Document Type: Article

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