I think more people in our society need to read this comic: https://existentialcomics.com/comic/190
More technology, surveillance, science or mathematics will never help us develop a sense of morality. We need philosophy for that.
@kensanata actually #religion took that part. #philosophy will not be able to do what religion did because the common people do not follow philosophy.
@kensanata you yes it is philosophy too in that way. the difference is this: people believed in religion which defined morality for them and influenced their conduct to a large part. philosophy that discusses what kind of morals we want or need is an academic exercise and the common people are almost not affected by it, rather they live as they please. it's the age of nihilism as nietzsche predicted.
@kensanata uh, forgot to delete the first "you"
@steckerhalter Yeah, they claim that they did it but insofar that they did it, you might as well call it philosophy. After all all, the history of philosophy is full of religious folks. But not every religious person is a philosopher and not every philosopher is religious. But in so far as people argue (simple declarations don't count) about the kind of morals that we want or need, I think calling it philosophy is fair.