The possibility of an ongoing moral catastrophe (Summary)

Abstract

We are probably guilty, without knowing it, of committing serious and large-scale moral catastrophes. Two independent arguments support this conclusion: an inductive argument, which warns that all past generations have committed major moral errors, and a disjunctive argument, which points out that there are countless ways in which a generation can commit such errors. Therefore, we must invest significant resources in investigating our potential moral failings in order to minimize the likelihood of committing a new catastrophe.