abderitism

Etymology
From, from , from because of the Abderites’ famed foolishness and stupidity in classical Greece. It is equivalent to. The German term was coined by the philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) in Der Streit der Fakultäten (The Conflict of the Faculties, 1798).

Noun

 * 1)  The theory that humanity's morality will never advance beyond its present state.

Usage notes

 * Kant contrasted this theory with both, the theory that human morality is degrading continually towards depravity, and , the theory that human morality continually progresses towards universal happiness.