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It is not profitable for us at present to do moral philosophy.
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The speaker says that, for the people included in “us,” studying or discussing moral philosophy currently seems to offer no practical benefit. “At present” limits this judgment to the current situation; it does not say that moral philosophy will never be worthwhile.
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