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Philosophy doesn't do anything to advance morality

Philosophy never seems to lead to obvious shifts in morality. What has philosophy done for anti-racism, feminism, LGBTQ rights, wealth inequality, etc.? None of these get meaningfully addressed in philosophy.

Like what has philosophy done for human rights? Philosophy is just the study of certain books my Phil 101 prof. thinks it's important for me to read. We had to read through pages of that bloke socrates yapping but we still can't even disprove the existence God.

What is the point of philosophy anyway, it's not like Aristotle discovered deductive reasoning. It's not like Kunt discovered ethics. It's not like Descartes discovered doubting his own existence like a some kind of schizophrenic hobo.

I will wait until more Philosophy 101 courses discuss Dr. King instead of Aristotle to be proven otherwise.

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u/Extra-Ad-2872 — 4 days ago