Or we can say this is evidence of moral progress, that we have actually become better.

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We can talk about the nature of moral progress later.

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Farrakhan says black leaders must address moral issues to make progress in the days ahead.

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For all the rhetoric, however, Wilson saw the U.S. as the moral spearhead of international progress.

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To chart his progress toward "moral perfection, " Franklin kept a daily ledger in red ink of 13 virtues, from temperance to humility.

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Elsewhere, an editorial in Spain's El Pais agrees that the prize represents "moral support and encouragement to overcome individual nations' reservations, which impede decisive progress" towards greater integration, including "naturally, political union".

BBC: EU's Nobel Peace Prize: Europe's press has mixed response