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SUMMARY:Philosophy & the Law | Legal Authority as Coercive
Teacher
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u>Prof. Thomas Pink
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In his A Letter Concerning Toleration John Lock
e argued that legal coercion could not be used to
enforce a state religion. The state provided only
for ‘civil interests.’ \; This early modern de
bate about toleration involved opposing models of
legal authority and direction. Does legal directio
n produce compliance as Hobbes and Locke supposed
- only through ordinary causation\, the same power
of causation that operates to produce change in m
ore general physical nature? Or does legal directi
on produce compliance as the scholastics supposed
- through a force of reason\, a form of causation
specific to human or rational nature that operates
through witness and argument?
\n \n Prof. P
ink will be arguing that this debate about legal a
uthority and direction extends beyond past questio
ns of religion. The debate involves modern forms o
f state activity – and remains unresolved.
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n Student members (including transferring l
awyers) must attend all elements of the event in o
rder to be awarded the Qualifying Session. This in
cludes any lecture/talk/reception/dinner/speeches.
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DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n \n \n Prof. Thomas Pink\n \n \n \n In hi
s A Letter Concerning Toleration John Locke argued
that legal coercion could not be used to enforce
a state religion. The state provided only for ‘civ
il interests.’ This early modern debate about tol
eration involved opposing models of legal authorit
y and direction. Does legal direction produce comp
liance as Hobbes and Locke supposed - only through
ordinary causation\, the same power of causation
that operates to produce change in more general ph
ysical nature? Or does legal direction produce com
pliance as the scholastics supposed - through a fo
rce of reason\, a form of causation specific to hu
man or rational nature that operates through witne
ss and argument?\n \n \n \n Prof. Pink will be arg
uing that this debate about legal authority and di
rection extends beyond past questions of religion.
The debate involves modern forms of state activit
y – and remains unresolved.\n \n \n \n Student mem
bers (including transferring lawyers) must attend
all elements of the event in order to be awarded t
he Qualifying Session. This includes any lecture/t
alk/reception/dinner/speeches.\n \n \n \n \n \n
CATEGORIES:Domus Function
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DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20260521T180000
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260521T180000
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LOCATION:Sherrard Room\n Ashley Building\n Middle Temple La
ne\n London\, EC4Y 9BT\n United Kingdom\n
URL:https://www.middletemple.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=42542
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