Social Progress Measure
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A Social Progress Measure is a social measure that ...
- See: Philosophy of History, Social Enterprise, Activism, Sociocultural Evolution, Social Theory, Social Evolution, Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Age of Enlightenment.
References
2018
- (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/social_progress Retrieved:2018-5-30.
- Social progress is the idea that societies can or do improve in terms of their social, political, and economic structures. This may happen as a result of direct human action, as in social enterprise or through activism, or as a natural part of sociocultural evolution.
The concept of social progress was introduced in the early 19th century social theories, especially social evolution as described by Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer. It was present in the Enlightenment's philosophies of history. As a goal, social progress has been advocated by varying realms of political ideologies with different theories on how it is to be achieved.
- Social progress is the idea that societies can or do improve in terms of their social, political, and economic structures. This may happen as a result of direct human action, as in social enterprise or through activism, or as a natural part of sociocultural evolution.
2018
- (Pinker, 2018) ⇒ Steven Pinker. (2018). “Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress.” Penguin. ISBN:0525427570