What does anticoercive mean?
Anticoercive means Opposed to coercion; anarchistic or libertarian..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Opposed to coercion; anarchistic or libertarian..
Dare I say that the danger to human liberty now is far more "anticoercive" than "coercive" utopianism? Both the anticoercive (meaning libertarian) and coercive (meaning Marxist) utopians share the goal of the withering away of the state.
Founded on such an assumption, the use of force for education's sake may even be described as anticoercive; indeed, to cultivate man's power of understanding is to cultivate his power to confront his circumstances open-eyed and detachedly.
For Erasmus's anticoercive heresy was about baptism, not about the state.
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Anticoercive means Opposed to coercion; anarchistic or libertarian..
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Dare I say that the danger to human liberty now is far more "anticoercive" than "coercive" utopianism? Both the anticoercive (meaning libertarian) and coercive (meaning Marxist) utopians share the goal of the withering away of the state.
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