I think we do have a better understanding now of how moral thought and discourse function.

Claims like 'Slavery is wrong' are not fully common-sensical, so they must be at least partly theoretical.

You can find many philosophy papers on the themes of 'love' and 'friendship,' most of which are cheerful and somewhat anodyne; you don't find many on the loss of friends, relatives, and lovers from death or alienation, though it happens all the time.

Epicurus was in favour of friendly sex but not of grand passions or marriage and children, viewing them as sources of trouble and vexation.

Epicurus thought that friendship and conviviality, which require present attention rather than being in an alcoholic stupor, as well as trying to understand and explain things, were the greatest sources of satisfaction in life, so there go most drugs.

I think we do have a better understanding now of how moral thought and discourse function.

There's nothing a priori good about equality. One person has three televisions, the other has two, so what?