In this essay, I begin a philosophical reflection concerning moralism on social media platforms. I am interested in explaining the negative consequences for critical debate and morality itself. To do so, I describe how this moralistic trend emerged in recent years, replacing postmodernism, and then I explain its characteristics, namely the culture of victimhood, permanent outrage and cancel culture, and the rejection of institutions. Finally, I argue that this moralism, beyond publicly displaying the “beauty of the soul” of its proponents, does not contribute to achieving genuine social justice, since, ultimately, moralism ends up discrediting morality.
Alejandro Nava Tovar (Wed,) studied this question.