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moral futurism

moral futurism noun: the moral stance of accepting that moral system that is probably going to be dominant in the future.

Noun

moral futurism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The moral stance of accepting that moral system that is probably going to be dominant in the future.
    • Hegelian moral positivism, according to Popper, holds that whatever historically is is right, whereas Marxist moral futurism holds that whatever inevitably will be in history is, for that very reason, right.2001, Robert C. Tucker, Philosophy & Myth in Karl Marx
    • Any revolutionary moral futurism that advocates sacrificing the revolutionary generation so as to enable future generations to enter a Promised Land should be discarded on the basis of my desert-generation test.2009, Avishai Margalit, On Compromise and Rotten Compromises

Questions about moral futurism

What does moral futurism mean?
Moral futurism means the moral stance of accepting that moral system that is probably going to be dominant in the future.
What part of speech is moral futurism?
Moral futurism is a noun.

Words near moral futurism in the dictionary

  1. moral event horizons
  2. moral fiber
  3. moral fibers
  4. moral fibre
  5. moral fibres
  6. moral futurism
  7. moral hazard
  8. moral hazards
  9. moral high ground
  10. moral high grounds
  11. moral imperative

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