It is an attempt to Replace our Age
of Coercion with an Age of Consent.
It is an attempt to replace our Age
of Coercion with an Age of Consent.
I think it is reasonable to conclude that cultural evolutionary processes today are gradually replacing one form
of coercion with another.
Not exact matches
To truly get your people to buy into your vision (instead
of doing it
with fear and
coercion), you need to capture their attention and play on the heartstrings
of what motivates them.
He added that the volume
of the tariffs was in line
with the White House's calculation that the Chinese have cheated the United States out
of $ 50 billion worth
of intellectual property through
coercion and cyberattacks.
He observes, however, that «the modernist desire in Frost and Eliot — to preserve an independent selfhood against the
coercions of the market, a self made secure by the creation
of a unique style — is subverted by the market, not because they wrote according to popular formulas, but because they give us their poems as delicious experiences
of voyeurism, illusions
of direct access to the life and thought
of the famous writer,
with the poet inside the poem like a rare animal in a zoo.
Bishop Eddie Long, the Atlanta pastor who has received massive media attention since four young men accused him
of sexual
coercion last September, is entangled in a dispute
with an entrepreneur over $ 1 million in investments that Long wants returned to his church members.
To put it bluntly, the notion
of consent is arguably meaningless by itself as the arbiter
of legitimate sexual and marital relationships because
of the potential for manipulation,
coercion, and abuse in a situation where there are deep - rooted and unequal social power relations (e.g., the President
of the United States [not] having sexual relations
with a besotted young intern or, as here, a parent and an adult child contracting a marriage).
His two types
of coercion lead me to distinguish between two subtypes
of DP2 — DP2a and DP2b —
with the latter not collapsing into DP1.
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.»
I'm so glad you made it clear that our prayers are a conversation
with God, not
coercion of the almighty God, our creator.
But as we move through the scriptures and analyze the accounts
of how God deals
with human beings,
coercion is rare.
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.
For instance, when in the course
of discussion it is clear that the one receiving such admonishment actually disagrees
with the point being made, then continued dogging attempts to force the other party to change does indeed become «manipulative
coercion».
I agree
with Gary's point: «when in the course
of discussion it is clear that the one receiving such admonishment actually disagrees
with the point being made, then continued dogging attempts to force the other party to change does indeed become «manipulative
coercion.»»
No to Privatization «red in tooth and claw»; yes to Public Sector without political corruption; no to Liberalization,
with market exploitation; yes to Liberation from exploitative
coercion; no to globalization as domination
of world market
with deprivation
of the developmental directive
of «Small is Beautiful»; yes to Universalism in sharing and caring for the suffering humanity and Good Samaritan ethic - these should be evolved and situated in Third World conditions and perspectives.
This freedom means that all men are to be immune from
coercion on the part
of individuals or
of social groups and
of any human power, in such wise that no one is to be forced to act in a manner contrary to his own beliefs, whether privately or publicly, whether alone or in association
with others, within due limits.»
It grows not from the barrel
of a gun but from the renunciation
of coercion and its replacement
with witness.
With the term «external
coercion,» I mean
coercion that is not specific to the practice
of discourse.
Generally defined as «dominating, restraining, or controlling another forcibly,»
coercion involves interference
with freedom, where «interference» means that the freedom in question is lessened in comparison
with what it would have been had the interfering individual or group not acted at all, and this broad designation leaves open to dispute what kinds
of interference are immoral.
In 1998, however, a meta - analysis in Psychological Bulletin found that most victims
of pedophilia turned out only «slightly less well adjusted» than the average adult,
with the probability
of maladjustment being influenced by the degree
of physical force or
coercion present in pedophilic encounters.
In the same chapter, Hartshorne rejects dogmatic pacifism by arguing that the religious ideal
of love as action from social awareness «seems clearly to include the refusal to provide the unsocial
with a monopoly upon the use
of coercion (MVG 173).
If, as I think orthodox Christianity ultimately teaches, and as Solzhenitsyn's «Father Severyan» plainly teaches in November 1916 (excerpted here), that humans are inherently prone to violence (and that the lesser evil
of state - derived war is the price we pay for living not in anarchy but in «sword - bearing» states), then not only is 1) contrary to the New Testament's real teaching, but 2) is impossible and 3) requires a
coercion that will bring
with it very deleterious consequences.
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.
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.
It seeks a Christian
coercion of others toward better behavior, not an incarnational sharing
with others
of the better Way.
With Amendment 2, the people
of Colorado had decided simply to withhold endorsement or favoritism: The
coercions of the law would not be used to punish those people who bore moral objections to homosexuality.
Still in draft form, the Code
of Conduct commits signatories to faithful compliance
with Charitable Choice; to straightforward and consistent communication about their religious identity among their volunteers, service beneficiaries, donors and government partners; to refraining from using government funding for «confessional activities»; to winsome and gentle witness; to love
of neighbor; to freedom from religious
coercion; to nondiscrimination toward program participants; to faithfulness to their mission; to credible and objective evaluation procedures; to avoidance
of «turf wars»
with other FBOs and nonprofits; and to rigorous financial accountability.
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?
Along
with the insights
of Charles Hartshorne, Whitehead's concept
of persuasion (in contrast to
coercion) has formed the basis for development
of both divine and social images
of power.
But they must then give up the claim that
coercion is morally «incompatible
with divine perfection» and the claim that persuasion is always the «greatest
of all powers and «the only power capable
of worthwhile results.»
The presence
of coercion, therefore, can not be incompatible
with the growth
of spontaneous lawfulness.
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.
As Jones says, even while the Church must make use
of coercion, it does so
with far greater caution than the secular state, and always
with the aim
of surpassing and fulfilling justice as reconciliation.
It would be better to come to ethical terms
with the forces
of nature in history, and try to use ethically directed
coercion in order that violence may be avoided....
Since the Christian's ultimate loyalty is to God and not the state in its demand for obedience to the law, the Christian always tempers his loyalty
with insistences on justice
with love that calls for an equality and liberty that holds the state's necessary powers
of coercion under restraint and accountability to God.
Afterwards they are invited (everything is by invitation; there is no
coercion at any point) to tell their own abortion story, to connect the pains
of the past
with the present; and in the telling
of these stories, damaged relationships
with God,
with the unborn child,
with family members and the Church are also addressed.
Their concepts
of coercion and persuasion are closer to the meanings given in section III whereas God's persuasion and
coercion are better described
with the meanings in sections I and II.
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.
With these three sets
of meanings for the terms persuasion,
coercion, and freedom it is now possible to make some clarifying distinctions in the discussion
of the criticisms made by Hare and Madden.
Martyrs
of all ages and all faiths have demonstrated that a man can use his responsible freedom to choose to act in a way contrary to the maximum
coercion that can be applied
with penalties and rewards.
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.
It is
of interest that all
of these instances where
coercion is recommended involve human beings dealing
with other human beings.
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.
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.
I have absolutely no concern
with eliminating DADT — maintaining the military handles complaints
of same - s3x discrimination and
coercion seriously.
More than 70 percent
of the world now lives
with some form
of religious
coercion.
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.