> I suppose the danger is believing that we are substantively different to people who came before us genetically no, morally - well perhaps somewhat. Arguably.

> I suppose the danger is believing that we are substantively different to people who came before us genetically no, morally - well perhaps somewhat. Arguably. Maybe. Can you really rule it out? > or that our current moral beliefs are corrector that our current moral beliefs are correct We can be better without reaching perfection. > Our moral judgements may seem correct now but there's a good chance future generations will look back on us unfavourably too. I quite agree! Still, we can learn from the past and we should. You seem to be disagree that it's possible or meaningful to do so.