Progress studies as a moral imperative

Jason Crawford · 7 Sept 2019

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Understanding the causes of progress is a moral imperative, because progress is neither automatic nor guaranteed to continue.

Their wordsSo if progress is a moral imperative, it is also a moral imperative to understand its causes, so that we can protect them and reinforce them.

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