道德进步主义的主要推动力之一，是对科学进步的信念。既然我们在现代对科学和技术的认识已经如此深入，那么人类文明在道德上也必然有所进步，我们的道德认识也必然优于过去的民族。这种推理并不新鲜。所有主要文明都曾这样看待自己，这是一种与《古兰经》直接相悖的心态。《古兰经》命令人们去观看过往文明的遗迹与废墟，那些文明尽管技术成就斐然，却因傲慢和悖逆安拉及其使者而被毁灭。更进一步，《古兰经》不仅指出，以为自己的力量和技术成就等同于正直和道德优越是错误的，还指出，认为自己是历史上最强大、技术最先进的文明同样是错误的。历史上还有在力量、人数和对大地的影响上远超过他们的其他民族。

One of the main drivers of moral progressivism is the belief in scientific progress. If our knowledge of science and technology has advanced so much in the modern era, then it stands to reason that we as a civilization have also advanced morally, that our moral knowledge also is superior to that of peoples in the past. This line of reasoning is not new. It is something all major civilizations have believed of themselves, and it is a mindset that is directly opposed in the Quran when Allah tells us to look at the remnants and ruins of past civilizations who, despite their great technical achievements, were destroyed for their arrogance and rebellion against God and His messengers. In fact, the Quran goes further than this by saying, not only are you wrong for being arrogant in thinking that your strength and technical achievement translates to rectitude and moral superiority, but you are also wrong for thinking that you are the strongest and most technically advanced civilization of history. There were others greater in strength, numbers, and impact on the land.