I think it has more to do with the trust fund philosophers that have the luxury of blathering on endlessly. LOL.
When I went to Union we sat around one day in a Buddhism Christianity cross over class. They were sitting around discussing the banality of evil, the detachment of materialism and other such issues.
When I pointed out that the definition of evil was apathy in the face of suffering and that for all intents and purposes we were a bunch of self indulgent philosophers sitting around having conversations about evil and nursing our delicately made Starbucks lattes spending about $30,000 a semester to "discuss suffering" while children were literally dying as minutes ticked by
so were we evil?
I never answered the question but was basically shunned by half the class at that point.
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