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1. www.bbc.com › future › articleDo we need a better understanding of 'progress'? - BBC

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   A growing and influential intellectual movement aims to understand why human progress happens – and how to speed it up. Garrison Lovely investigates.

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2. www.psychologytoday.com › the-perils-of-progressThe Perils of Progress - Psychology Today

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   Dec 18, 2023 · A well-balanced, integrated progress must include “Do no harm to yourself” and “Do no harm to others,” progressing toward a civil, harmonious life. A well lived life.

3. humanprogress.org › what-is-progress-2What Is Progress? (Or, Progress Towards What?)

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   Apr 12, 2024 · Summary: The definition of progress varies from worldview to worldview. While material progress, social progress, and human progress are interconnected, the notion of progress isn’t universally agreed upon and often hinges on differing standards of value.

4. www.oxfordreference.com › display › 10Progress - Oxford Reference

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   Oct 19, 2024 · Quick Reference. The idea of progress, conceived as the increasing sophistication of knowledge and the improving quality of life, has been the driving force of Western civilization for at least three hundred years.

5. plato.stanford.edu › entries › life-meaningThe Meaning of Life - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   May 15, 2007 · When the topic of the meaning of life comes up, people tend to pose one of three questions: “What are you talking about?”, “What is the meaning of life?”, and “Is life in fact meaningful?”.

6. plato.stanford.edu › entries › progressProgress - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Feb 17, 2011 · First of all, progress is no longer predetermined; it is open-ended. In Kitcher’s words, naturalistic progress is a kind of “progress from” as opposed to “progress to” (2011, 228; 2021, 25). There is no end of history to which humanity can aspire.

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   What if there are no facts of progress?

   • If there are no facts of progress, what we call progress are just narratives, written by those who are incapable of looking horrors in the face. In Charles Larmore’s view, narratives of progress are nothing more than instruments of “self-congratulation” (2008, 20).

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   Does progress begin where it ends?

   • As he famously puts it, “progress begins where it ends” (Adorno 2005, 150). Genuine progress and emancipation are only possible when the hegemonic interpretations of history written by the powerful are contested. In Minima Moralia (1974), Adorno first proposes an alternative method of examining the meaning of history.

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   Is progress a real thing?

   • No one is against progress, they are only against “progress”: that is, they either believe in it, or deny it. The most important question in the philosophy of progress, then, is whether the idea of progress is valid—whether “progress” is real. “Progress” in the 19th Century

   What Is Progress? (Or, Progress Towards What?)

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   Is progress a good idea?

   • The idea of progress is inherently an idea that progress, overall, is good. If “progress” is destructive, if it does not in fact improve human well-being, then it hardly deserves the name. Contrast this with the concept of growth.

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   Why is progress natural?

   • Progress as such is natural because it is reconciled with a Darwinian story of life, i.e., an adaptation evolving through natural selection in order to enhance reproductive fitness.

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   Why is progress important?

   • Progress has many dimensions. For primitive countries of the world, it signifies a reduction extension of literacy. For the developed world, limit and in which infant mortality has fallen can read and write, progress entails improvements is no longer enough.

   Chapter 1 The Meaning of Progress - Stanford University

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8. web.stanford.edu › ~moore › Chapter1Chapter 1 The Meaning of Progress - Stanford University

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   Although progress can be identified with improvements in public life, civilization, ethical behavior, religious observance, this work will endeavor to reach an accord by concentrating on measures that virtually all agree are gains for humans.