- Introduction
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- 1. The Shape of Things to Come
- 2. Methodological Preliminaries
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- I. An Analytical History
- 1. The Springs of Sympathy
- 3. Psychological Altruism: Basics
- 4. The Varieties of Altruistic Reactions
- 5. Some Dimensions of Altruism
- 6. Maternal Concern
- 7. Broader Forms of Altruism?
- 8. Possibilities of Evolutionary Explanation
- 9. The Coalition Game
- 2. Normative Guidance
- 10. The Limits of Altruism
- 11. Following Orders
- 12. Punishment
- 13. Conscience
- 14. Social Embedding
- 3. Experiments of Living
- 15. From There to Here
- 16. Cultural Competition
- 17. The Unseen Enforcer
- 18. Some Dots to Be Connected
- 19. Divisions of Labor
- 20. Roles, Rules, and Institutions
- 21. Altruism Expanded
- 4. One Thing after Another?
- 22. Mere Change?
- 23. Three Ancient Examples
- 24. Second-Sex Citizens
- 25. Repudiating Chattel Slavery
- 26. The Withering of Vice
- 27. The Divine Commander
- 1. The Springs of Sympathy
- II. A Metaethical Perspective
- 5. Troubles with Truth
- 28. Taking Stock
- 29. Prima Facie Problems
- 30. Truth, Realism and Constructivism
- 31. The Sources of the Troubles
- 6. Possibilities of Progress
- 32. The Centrality of Ethical Progress
- 33. Generalizations from History
- 34. Problems, Functions and Progress
- 35. Modes of Refinement
- 36. Functional Generation
- 37. Local and Global Progress
- 38. Ethical Truth Revisited
- 39. Residual Concerns
- 7. Naturalistic Fallacies?
- 40. Hume’s Challenge
- 41. Authority Undermined?
- 42. Troublesome Characters
- 43. Settling Disputes
- 5. Troubles with Truth
- III. A Normative Stance
- 8. Progress, Equality, and the Good
- 44. Two Visions of Normative Ethics
- 45. Dynamic Consequentialism
- 46. Failures and Successes
- 47. From the Local Community to the Human Population
- 48. Equality and the Good Life
- 49. Population Size
- 50. Aspects of the Good Life
- 9. Method in Ethics
- 51. Varieties of Ethical Change
- 52. Method and the Good
- 53. Mutual Engagement
- 54. Ethical Debate
- 55. Dissent and the Limits of Tolerance
- 56. The Challenger Revisited
- 10. Renewing the Project
- 57. Philosophical Midwifery
- 58. Scarce Resources
- 59. Habits and Their Limits
- 60. Conflicting Roles
- 61. Ethically Insulated Spheres
- 62. Maintaining Equality
- 63. The Challenges of Technology
- 8. Progress, Equality, and the Good
- Conclusion
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- 64. Summing Up
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- Acknowledgments
- Index
The Ethical Project
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