When you do applied ethics, you often end up challenging common-sense morality. That’s part of a long philosophical tradition - Socrates himself asked people about justice, only to show them they didn’t understand it as well as they thought. He was condemned for “corrupting the youth.” Today, philosophers aren’t forced to drink hemlock, but applied ethics still unsettles deeply held beliefs. It doesn’t corrupt morality - it challenges it, and sometimes that’s exactly what we need. Credit: Examin

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