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    Challenges→Forgiveness does not collapse into condonation.

    A practice that systematically disarms the communicative function of resentment without equivalent moral protest replicates the social effect of condonation, regardless of the forgiver's internal cognitive state.

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    Key Terms

    Cognitive state(philosophy of mind)
    A mental condition or way your mind is in at a particular moment, like believing something, perceiving something, or remembering something.
    Communicative function of resentment(as used in ethics and social philosophy)
    The way that expressing anger or hurt feelings sends a message to others that they've done something wrong and need to take it seriously.
    Condonation(as used in ethics and jurisprudence)
    The act of forgiving or accepting a wrongdoing in a way that signals it wasn't actually that serious or wrong.
    Moral protest(as used in ethics)
    A clear, public objection to something you believe is wrong, meant to challenge the person or system that did it.
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    (as used in social and moral philosophy)
    The real-world impact that an action has on how people in a community behave and what they believe is acceptable.
    Systematically disarms(as used in social and moral philosophy)
    Deliberately and repeatedly removes the power or effectiveness of something (in this case, the power of expressing resentment to communicate disapproval).

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