PHIL 1091 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cuius Regio, Eius Religio, Authoritarianism
3 Sep 2014
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Locke on authoritarianism: against absolute monarchy, for constitutional monarchy. Rebellion: religion, machiavelli, ecclesiastical states, easiest to maintain, ideological grounding of authority, locke, religion is internal, beyond. Cuius regio, eius religio : government is external, on earth, impossible to force a belief, coercion obedience, religious beliefs are so important that it is up to the individual to choose. Two types of people we absolutely cannot tolerate in a society: catholics and muslims, cannot tolerate people deliver themselves up to the protection of another prince , atheists, religious leader cannot also be political leader i.
