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This is at most a small part of what's going on. In the case of many - my guess is, most - bad acts, the person performing the act knows that it's bad. They don't lack moral knowledge; they just lack the willingness to act on it.
I read the words of a bunch of slaveholders once - I do not recall the source. But it was very striking: they knew what they were doing was wrong.
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Of course, you are quite correct that there have been genuine instances of progress in our ethical knowledge.
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Much moral knowledge resides in institutions like courts & police forces that allow us to resolve disputes without violence. Also, technical knowledge is central to solving moral problems. (Imagine an abolitionist inventor made slave-based businesses obsolete and unprofitable.)
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