CONTENTS

Title Page

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Dedication

Epigraph

Prologue: Bending the Moral Arc

PART I: THE MORAL ARC EXPLAINED

  1. Toward a Science of Morality

  2. The Morality of War, Terror, and Deterrence

  3. Why Science and Reason Are the Drivers of Moral Progress

  4. Why Religion Is Not the Source of Moral Progress

PART II: THE MORAL ARC APPLIED

  5. Slavery and a Moral Science of Freedom

  6. A Moral Science of Women’s Rights

  7. A Moral Science of Gay Rights

  8. A Moral Science of Animal Rights

PART III: THE MORAL ARC AMENDED

  9. Moral Regress and Pathways to Evil

10. Moral Freedom and Responsibility

11. Moral Justice: Retribution and Restoration

12. Protopia: The Future of Moral Progress

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

Also by Michael Shermer

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