The world is dead and survival is the biggest obstacle in most people’s lives, this struggle to survive drives people to make morally questionable choices.
Psionics are prevalent, relatively low power, and more connected with nature than… Magic, which is quickly powerful, but comes at a high cost both socially and personally, as it corrupts the world and the caster. These powers help facilitate those morally questionable choices.
Morality is subjective, and often requires perspective.