One of the things that makes philosophy hard isn't just that questions are hard, but how blindingly simple the answers to hard questions can appear. There is a

One of the things that makes philosophy hard isn't just that questions are hard, but how blindingly simple the answers to hard questions can appear. There is a better quote about this phenomenon, but I can't find it. I think you're making the mistake that "progress" = "adopting my values." I (at least from the surface level conversation so far) don't disagree with your moral values, but part of this kind of conversation is the tricky bit of everyone finding a way to distance themselves from things they believe in.