The public does not usually seek ethical guidance from university philosophy departments. Why not? Look at the topics today’s academic ethicists debate for a clue: they view morality as being concerned with settling interpersonal conflicts or resolving dilemmas in rare emergency situations.

Absent from the curriculum are the bigger-picture questions that people face in their everyday lives.

In this episode, we diagnose this contemporary problem and discuss alternative philosophical approaches that try to offer real-life guidance.

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