Volokh Conspiracy. Why Moral Progress Is Not Inevitable Political theorist Jacob Levy reminds us that the arc of history doesn't always bend towards justice.

Every day brings yet more evidence that the liberal vision of history is wrong. In the 1990s, liberals predicted that, thanks to the “moral arc,” democratic capitalism would triumph globally.

As president Trump pardons convicted war criminals, and China perpetrates a genocide against the Uighurs with impunity, the outlook for moral progress in the 21st century grows steadily darker.

That moral arc doesn't bend toward justice all by ... the rule of law, our moral standing, the global liberal democratic order the United States spent ... D-N.Y., and two history professors. ...

But let’s be clear, the moral arc of the universe only bends towards justice when we bend it. American history is filled with heroes who bent the arc towards justice.

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends to justice,” the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. told a crowd of protesters in Montgomery, Ala., in March 1965. It stands as one of history ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was right: The arc of the moral universe is very long, and it does bend toward justice. This means that many things can happen along the sweeping path of the arc that are ...

The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice. – Martin Luther King Jr. One reading of the human story emphasizes war, domination, pillage, rape, slavery, colonization, and ...

They are: “The arc of the moral universe bends towards justice.” This is a pretty phrase that was invented by a good person, Theodore Parker, and revived by another good one, Martin Luther ...

With President Donald Trump in the White House, everything seems under assault. Civil rights, the rule of law, our moral standing, the global liberal democratic order the United States spent decade… ...

The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice. – Martin Luther King Jr. One reading of the human story emphasizes war, domination, pillage, rape, slavery, colonization, and ...