There is also a second form
of coercion which primarily affects final causation.
Not exact matches
He quoted the second Sura, verse 256 (strangely fallible, for a pope, he meant verse 257)
which says: «There must be no
coercion in matters
of faith».
As Chesterton observed, «Creatures so close to each other as husband and wife, or a mother and children, have powers
of making each other happy or miserable with
which no public
coercion can deal.»
And
of course, all this would be with the general aim that all these measures
of coercion linked to financial deregulation would help recuperate funds
which could go to the victims
of the system, the countries
of the South and those «without» or the unemployed in the rich countries.
The Conference Message declares:»... many expressions
of mission lead to unethical forms
of coercion and proselytism
which neither recognize the integrity
of the local churches nor are sensitive to local cultures... We therefore commit ourselves to promote common witness and to renounce proselytism and all forms
of mission
which destroy the unity
of the body
of Christ.»
There are many cases in
which persuasion is a far more effective and abiding form
of control than is
coercion.
Like effective and respectful therapy, persuasion brings about new wants and aims, but it does so, not by
coercion or by frustrating desires, but by opening new possibilities,
which is the result
of divine «creativity.»
They have been subjected to an unparalleled history
of extreme
coercion and violence
which did not end with emancipation but has taken ever new forms to the present day.
God's use
of persuasion, as opposed to omnipotent
coercion,
which is so often attributed to God, is not based on a voluntary self - limitation.
It includes the processive, societal, dynamic picture
of the cosmos; it sees that we have to do with events or happenings and not with inert and static «things»; it insists on genuine freedom and readiness to accept the consequences
of decisions made in that freedom; and it is prepared to see that however difficult this may seem to be, it is persuasion rather than
coercion which in the long run is effective in the world.
Society must strive for justice, even if it is forced to use means, such as self - assertion, resistance,
coercion, and perhaps resentment,
which can not gain the moral sanction
of the most sensitive and moral spirit.
A case in point is Childs's recurring use
of the term «
coercion,» by
which he apparently means that the text itself, in its deep authority, requires a certain exposition, redaction or reading.
On the other hand, man too is active, but his activity is also in love; he responds freely to the love
which is given him and in that response he knows that he is truly «being himself», for he was intended by his creation to be a responding lover and in no sense a marionette pulled by strings manipulated by God — certainly not the victim
of the divine
coercion.
In the past ten or 15 years many states have revised rape laws to encompass male as well as female victims, marital rape, acts
of sexual
coercion not involving intercourse and assaults in
which there is no instance
of resistance or physical harm.
If we assume, as we presently do, that the primary goal
of both God and concerned humans is to maximize freedom (creativity) for the greatest number, it is the following query with
which we must be concerned: Do continuous divine persuasion and occasional human
coercion, in conjunction, better maximize freedom than would continuous divine persuasion alone?
But the evil is in the tyranny, not in the
coercion, In some human relations at least
coercion is not only necessary,
which Niebuhr
of course admits, but also it is an essential element in the growth
of the real good
of mutuality among free and responsible persons.14
At the same time, it takes on board the important task
of directly challenging some
of the thinking
which lies behind the violence and
coercion associated with Islamist groups and Islamic states.
It is one
of the greatest weaknesses
of our time that we lack the patience and faith to build up voluntary organizations for purposes
which we value highly, and immediately ask the government to bring about by
coercion (or with means raised by
coercion) anything that appears as desirable to large numbers.
It firmly opposes those views
which from its perspective imply certain kinds
of coercion within divine power.
Such carelessness becomes positively destructive when the term «social» no longer describes the product
of the virtuous actions
of many individuals, but rather the utopian goal toward
which all institutions and all individuals are «made in the utmost degree to converge» by
coercion.
We may define
coercion generally as any restriction upon the range
of real possibility
which would otherwise be available.
Every state by virtue
of what it takes to be a state,
which is the use
of force and
coercion to get people to obey the laws
of man, runs contrary to the golden rule.
This usage is similar to the kind
of persuasion and
coercion which Hare and Madden hold that God should exercise.
«It would not do to excuse a mother for the grossly evil habits
of her child by appealing to her use
of persuasion only, when sometimes there have been Situations in
which some
coercion was morally required» (PS 2/1, 45).
And then there were bishops like Karol Wojtyła
of Kraków, who grasped that the dignity
of the human person was the battleground on
which «the Church in the modern world» was contesting with various dangerous forces for the human future; who thought that
coercion of consciences violated that human dignity; and who believed that the act
of faith must be free if it is to be true, because the God
of the Bible wants to be adored by people who freely choose to do so.
In this third set
of meanings
coercion refers to the inducement
of behavior through the application
of extrinsic motivation, and persuasion refers to the communication
of information about the natural consequences
which will occur with various alternative behaviors.
Freedom exists in a situation in
which there is only persuasion being used by the agents involved with no application
of the
coercion of rewards and penalties produced by voluntary manipulation
of the environment.
Thus, the irresponsible demand for independence characteristic
of the democracy
of desire tends at length to autocracy and police
coercion,
which actually diminish the people's freedom.
Much
of sin gets into the human spirit under the guise
of love; but the sin is not always the
coercion of the other, it is the perversion
of goals, the misuse
of power, and the self - justification
which grows not from love but from its absence.
One corollary
of this view is that creativity in human relationship can never be the sheer imposition
of one will upon another, It must be the kind
of action, with whatever
coercion is involved,
which so far as possible leaves the other more free to respond.
The elimination
of DADT will result in formalized complaints
of same - s3x discrimination, persecution, and
coercion which the military will then be forced to deal with — openly and legally.
We probably have more experience with the characteristics
of destructive conflict: secrecy, threats,
coercion and bluffs, misperception and miscommunication, unbridled competition in
which one party tries to destroy, injure, or control the other (s) and in
which one party gains only at the other's expense.
The only path available today is, either the domination
of the majority religion or secular ideology as the established framework
of the State suppressing the rights
of others using State
coercion or open democratic secularism in
which a consensus is sought regarding the values and directions
of the common life
of society and the State policy related to that common life, through peaceful but active dialogue among religions and ideologies.
Is human compassion alone ever sufficient to produce the initiative to cut off such an existence as this, relatively protected from
coercion, from the ills
of human temper, from arbitrary authority, from far - reaching and unremitting responsibility» Will human compassion alone serve to terminate such an existence in favor
of the fearfully vexed, dangerous, and apparently hopeless role
which Moses is soon to assume»
Force and
coercion represent the absence
of love and the irrelevancy
of truth, Love is a compelling power
which persuasively moves actual entities in their continuing processes
of growth.
As a pastor, I constantly ask the question: «Is there a way we can just be a fellowship
of believers, and put away our dreams and visions,
which really are expectations,
which quickly translates into
coercion?
I have no problem with that agenda in a world in
which coercion is necessary to control a fallen humanity, and in
which the coercive powers
of government are themselves wielded by fallen humans.
The secondary sense in
which God is law refers to the means - end structures
of coercion designed to keep the human situation integrated so that his law and love in the primary sense can operate with enhanced effectiveness.
TRUTH: Infant adoption is an industry in
which young unwed (and thus powerless) parents are persuaded - through force,
coercion or outright lies - to transfer parental rights
of their children to older, more affluent couples (and sometimes also single people), and usually strangers.
The goal
of positive discipline is to teach children inner - discipline,
which comes from a highly developed conscience rather than the use
of punishments that may include external force, shame, humiliation, isolation or
coercion.
Coercion - an assertion
of compulsory interaction between two parties (forced by the coercive party)
which serves to override the rejecting party's evaluation that the interaction is personally undesirable where the the coercing party evaluates that the interaction would be personally desirable; an involuntary, unilaterally beneficial interaction
of trade;
Coercion is enforced through either Aggression or Fraud;
Coercion is the abstract principle behind all acts commonly identified as Crimes.
The vibrancy
of businesses or economic and civic life in the region is on its historic lull, as evident in the frequent sit - at - home orders issued by IPOB leader,
which compliance is enforced by members
of BSS through intimidation,
coercion and brute force.
I just wanted to draw attention to the petition
which I do think is a way
of registering solidarity with Dennis Skinner in an election in
which I suspect there has been
coercion.
The group
of former staffers,
which includes Leah Hebert, Tori Burhans Kelly and Rita Pasarell, all
of whom were sexually harassed by former Assemblyman Vito Lopez, said the package does not adequately protect against
coercion.
Boys often treat girls as sexual objects,
which contributes to the higher rates
of digital sexual
coercion, as boys may feel entitled to have sexual power over girls, said study co-author Richard Tolman, U-M professor
of social work.
His observations,
which grew out
of his opposition to the Vietnam War and, later, what he saw as the United States» resorting to violence and other forms
of coercion and domination abroad, thrust him into the spotlight and have made him one
of the top pundits and gadflies
of the day.
Thirdly: «In order to make completely clear... the degree
of faith
which can be placed in the testimonies... every detail relating to violence,
coercion or other conditions
which diminish the reliability
of the evidence is to be appended.»
«A lot
of how we understand those less adaptive or maladaptive ways
of dealing with conflict to take hold is through a process called
coercion,
which is what happens when one partner uses emotional pressure to get the other to agree to make some kind
of a change.»
This is a secret - agent story in
which the secret agent angrily complains that she got sent to «whore school» by her government, one that tries to flesh out the undercurrent
of misogynistic
coercion inherent in so many
of these narratives.
And teachers unions,
which have been able to ignore the preferences
of many teachers, might have to offer a service that doesn't require
coercion.