Prospects for pure procedural moral progress

Issues of methodology are central to the philosophy moral progress. However, idea that effective methodology, as well being instrumental progress, might also constitute progress has not been adequately explored. This paper will critically assess merits this – what I call ‘pure proceduralism about progress’ taking Philip Kitcher's recent theory ‘democratic contractualism’ (2021) a test case. An epistemology pure procedural be sketched: namely, naturalised paradigmatic instances Assuming an ideal procedure exists and at least approximately instantiated (an empirical claim), we learn its form by studying paradigms historical From epistemological method derived theoretical constraints on can count per se: it must capture core semantic term ‘moral progress,’ those features without which would recognise change While poses tougher challenge for than more traditional approaches concluded potential viable metaethics remains exciting open question.