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Is virtue signalling a perversion of morality?

9 mins | Dec 13, 2019
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Accusing others of virtue signalling might itself constitute virtue signalling. Neil Levy writing in Aeon magazine examines the social function of both virtue signalling and accusing people of it, explaining why its place in moral discourse should be protected.

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