You have likely heard the saying “A watched pot never boils.” The idea is that when you’re paying attention to the progress of a process (like the boiling of water), the change seems slower than if ...

I. Three historic concepts of social progress: (a) theological, (b) metaphysical, (c) scientific. 2. Criticisms of theories of progress. 3. The concept of law: (a) anthropocentric, (b) descriptive and ...