Morality these days has basically degenerated into "this gives me or others unpleasant emotions, therefore it's morally wrong". That's it.
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25 years ago people might occasionally discuss the nonagression principle or some aspect of Christianity. Today it's all "muh feels". There's just no thought or argumentation at all.
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I'm referring, of course, to mainstream and SJW circles. The alt-right and related circles are the only places you'll find real moral discussion.
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A mostly valid counterpoint would be, "people's morality has always been based on 'muh feels'--it was just dressed up in other language before." The Christians who worried about atheists having no morality were always wrong--everyone was just basing it all on feelz anyway.
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But I do actually think that the discourse matters at least a little, especially if you can get people to attach emotion to things, eg the constitution or the bible
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Reminder: moral systems that aren't based on evolution and game theory are trash.
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