Your intent seems unclear to me. The West has over the past couple hundred years loosened its restrictions on public speech regarding taboos—on atheism, racial&sexual equality, etc. This has surely caused many people mental pain.
Was this course of events then morally wrong?
Should the debaters of yore have made sure their opponents had learned ” the accompanying coping techniques — such as relaxation or imagery exercises” before proceeding towards our more pluralist world?
Your intent seems unclear to me. The West has over the past couple hundred years loosened its restrictions on public speech regarding taboos—on atheism, racial&sexual equality, etc. This has surely caused many people mental pain.
Was this course of events then morally wrong?
Should the debaters of yore have made sure their opponents had learned ” the accompanying coping techniques — such as relaxation or imagery exercises” before proceeding towards our more pluralist world?