ngl russia is not making it easy to give critical support lol

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    71 year ago

    I think they might mean a the belief some people have of an independent morality from any earthly actions a person performs. As in, there’s a mind you have with intentions and you’re morally just so long as your intentions are good, regardless of what you’re actually acting on the behalf of. American liberals sometimes do this to assuage their cognitive dissonance

    • Carguacountii [none/use name]
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      51 year ago

      I took it to mean manichean type doctrine, but I might be wrong. For example, Augustine (possibly the preminent early theologian of Christianity) was originally a Manichean - it was very widespread and popular, influencing thought and understanding to this day, being a sythesis of ‘western’ and ‘eastern’ (and no doubt ‘northern’, i.e. turkic/siberian too) thought of various kinds.