If you’ve listened to this series from the beginning, you will have frequently heard me saying that this or that “isn’t a moral issue.” What do I mean by this, and how do we know what is or isn’t a moral issue?

Moralising is a risky thing to do, and puts your own happiness, as well as that of others, in serious jeopardy. By making something into an ethical issue you are inadvertently transferring power over your wellbeing to somebody else. If we are wise, we will keep our moralising to an absolute minimum.

In general, most of us overshoot by a mile, making moral issues far more often than is necessary or helpful.

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