Social environment and moral progress /

"Before entering on the question of the relation of morality to our existing social environment, it will be advisable to inquire what we mean by moral progress, and what evidence there is that any such progress has occurred in recent times, or even within the period of well-established history....

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Main Author: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
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Language:English
Published: London, New York : Cassell and Company, 1913.
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