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148 Philosophers are studying Reddit’s “Am I the Asshole?”

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Sigal Samuel @ Vox · 05/01/2024 09:00 EDT

Philosophers are studying Reddit’s “Am I the Asshole?”

If the Ancient Greek philosophers had had access to the internet, perhaps they would have created something like Reddit’s “Am I the Asshole?” | Getty Images


In which philosophy tries to understand how normal people think about morality. Philosophers, bless them, are trying to understand how normal people think about morality.
Normal people, as you may have heard, hang out on the internet. And what is the internet’s biggest trove of everyday moral dilemmas? Why, it’s Reddit’s “Am I the Asshole?” for

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