The Problematic and the Unproblematic

A traditional aim of moral philosophy has been to call into question the morality of something previously thought innocent—what one might call the problematising of the unproblematic. But it has equally been an aim of moral philosophy to do the opposite, to reveal the innocence of things previously thought immoral, to turn what was previously a matter of blame and condemnation to one of private judgement and discretion. The politics of the last decade have been accused of moralistic excess. If the charge is fair, how might moral philosophy help cure us of moralism?