The light-mindedness as a moral choice (in the context of Russian philosophy of the XIX-XX cent.)
The author investigates the phenomenon of light-mindedness as an escape from profundity and complexity of life. Basing on works by such Russian philosophers as I. Ilyin, L. Shestov, N. Berdyaev, N. Fyodorov and a number of contemporary authors, that phenomenou must not be considered as an innate feature of human character and is basically caused not by social conditions but by conscious moral choice of a person. Light-mindedness as behavioural choice is estimated as a socially dangerous phenomenon because it becomes the basement of moral relativism and irresponsible attitude to life.