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Read this korrent: No Church dogma ever declared slavery immoral or a sin
No Church dogma ever declared slavery immoral or a sin
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Hilaire Belloc — holds since c. 1912 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The moral truth that slavery is wrong was accessible in principle at all times. — tap to centre the map on it
The moral truth that slavery is wrong was accessible in principle at all times.
Last stated a month ago
24 Sept 2026
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Massimo Pigliucci — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Slavery makes American republicanism a sham and its Christianity a lie — tap to centre the map on it
Slavery makes American republicanism a sham and its Christianity a lie
Last stated 174 years ago
5 Jul 1852
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Frederick Douglass — holds since 1852-07-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Bible, through the Ten Commandments, endorses slavery and has no mechanism to correct its text — tap to centre the map on it
The Bible, through the Ten Commandments, endorses slavery and has no mechanism to correct its text
Last stated 11 months ago
11 Dec 2025
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2025-12-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The slave trade violates the first natural right of mankind, equality and independence — tap to centre the map on it
The slave trade violates the first natural right of mankind, equality and independence
Last stated 238 years ago
24 Mar 1789
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Olaudah Equiano — holds since 1789-03-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What is inhuman cannot be divine, so slavery cannot be God's institution — tap to centre the map on it
What is inhuman cannot be divine, so slavery cannot be God's institution
Last stated 174 years ago
5 Jul 1852
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Frederick Douglass — holds since 1852-07-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Christians who sell enslaved families apart betray their own rule to do unto others as they would be done by — tap to centre the map on it
Christians who sell enslaved families apart betray their own rule to do unto others as they would be done by
Last stated 238 years ago
24 Mar 1789
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Olaudah Equiano — holds since 1789-03-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The American church has made itself the bulwark of slavery — tap to centre the map on it
The American church has made itself the bulwark of slavery
Last stated 174 years ago
5 Jul 1852
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Frederick Douglass — holds since 1852-07-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Catholic Church made its wealth from slavery. — tap to centre the map on it
The Catholic Church made its wealth from slavery.
Last stated 5 months ago
25 May 2026
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Ana Lucia Araujo — holds since 2026-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first advantage of sexual equality is having the most universal human relation governed by justice — tap to centre the map on it
A first advantage of sexual equality is having the most universal human relation governed by justice
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John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861–1869 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A home that holds women at a primitive level holds back those who keep them there — tap to centre the map on it
A home that holds women at a primitive level holds back those who keep them there
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A state that makes sex a voting qualification passes a bill of attainder or ex post facto law and violates the Constitution — tap to centre the map on it
A state that makes sex a voting qualification passes a bill of attainder or ex post facto law and violates the Constitution
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Susan B. Anthony — holds since c. 1873 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on AI is unlikely. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on AI is unlikely.
Last stated 4 months ago
18 Jul 2026
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John Horgan — holds since 2026-07-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
Last stated a month ago
22 Sept 2026
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Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer. — tap to centre the map on it
A border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer.
Last stated 4 months ago
13 Jul 2026
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James Talarico — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality — tap to centre the map on it
'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality
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Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint — tap to centre the map on it
A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint
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Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country that turns its experiences of desertion into competition instead of common cause produces avengers rather than answers. — tap to centre the map on it
A country that turns its experiences of desertion into competition instead of common cause produces avengers rather than answers.
Last stated 6 days ago
29 Oct 2026
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Anand Giridharadas — holds since 2026-10-29 — tap for who they are
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