Every attempt to compel humanity towards some higher degree of morality, or to accelerate this process, either through force or through law or by throwing money

Every attempt to compel humanity towards some higher degree of morality, or to accelerate this process, either through force or through law or by throwing money at the problem, fails. Our morality is increasing, but slowly. It is a developmental process. Steven Pinker's observation that violence has actually declined over the course of human history, despite anecdotal evidence to the contrary, attests to this fact. Unfortunately, like the stages of economic development, there are no shortcuts here. The moral development of our species will be exactly proportional to our development of moral feelings, like empathy, and no faster. And since this kind of psychological change - from generation to generation - happens exceedingly slowly, there's no way around the fact that our moral development is also exceedingly slow. But slow is better than non-existent.