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Is consent under duress consent? If someone is told "God will strike you down if you do not accept the punishment imposed by the priest-king" and they agree to

Is consent under duress consent? If someone is told "God will strike you down if you do not accept the punishment imposed by the priest-king" and they agree to having their finger cut off, are they agreeing to their finger being cut off? They might be devout and a thief, agreeing to being punished only because they fear the divine alternative.

lacrimacida 3y ago
> agreeing to being punished only because they fear the divine alternative. Or the earthly alternative: being stoned to death or some other life ending ritual. Or maybe they were stoned out of their minds and were self mutilating…