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<div class="">On Oct 26, 2015, at 2:08 AM, Dan TheBookMan <<a href="mailto:danust2012@gmail.com" class="">danust2012@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class=""><a href="http://www.springer.com/home?SGWID=0-0-1003-0-0&aqId=2941728&download=1&checkval=52a74c65fd122f4c0ad01dab4c427fb4&wt_mc=internal.event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><font class="">http://www.springer.com/home?SGWID=0-0-1003-0-0&aqId=2941728&download=1&checkval=52a74c65fd122f4c0ad01dab4c427fb4&wt_mc=internal.event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst</font></a></div>
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<div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Abstract: "Debunking skeptics claim that our moral beliefs are formed by processes unsuited to identifying objective facts, such as emotions inculcated by our genes and culture;
therefore, they say, even if there are objective moral facts, we probably don’t know them. I argue that the debunking skeptics cannot explain the pervasive trend toward liberalization of values over human history, and that the best explanation is the realist’s:
humanity is becoming increasingly liberal because liberalism is the objectively correct moral stance."</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">And Huemer means by liberalism a sort of broad approach moral equality (in other words, no double standards), respect for individuals, and restraints on violence/coercion. </span></div>
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Thanks for the pointer; I blogged about the article here: </div>
<div><a href="http://www.overcomingbias.com/2015/10/testing-moral-progress.html" class="">http://www.overcomingbias.com/2015/10/testing-moral-progress.html</a></div>
<div>(The author responded some in comments.)</div>
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<div style="font-size: 12px; " class="">Robin Hanson <a href="http://hanson.gmu.edu" class="">http://hanson.gmu.edu</a><br class="">
Res. Assoc., Future of Humanity Inst., Oxford Univ.<br class="">
Assoc. Professor, George Mason University</div>
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