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Interesting the pointing out of religious authorities. All authorities blend these, so this distinction isn't really that clear. A common example is a speed li
by ThunderSizzle 2y ago
Interesting the pointing out of religious authorities. All authorities blend these, so this distinction isn't really that clear.
A common example is a speed limit. It aught to be an engineered number, but can be determined politically. Regardless, the authority enforcement is the same regardless of the basis of the law.
It's more like there's two different basis for laws and only one body enforcing both laws, which makes it awkward.
- zem 2y agotaking your speed limit as a great example, the two kinds of authority would be "the speed limit in this here town is 60mph, if you break it you will be fined. I can say because I'm an authority sitting on the council" and "the speed limit on this road should be 70mph. if you set it to anything else you will be doing the wrong thing. I can say so because I'm an authority on the subject". now looking at the religious case, a priest would say "this is what you need to do because the gods said so; I can enforce that because I'm an authority in the church, but also I am right because I'm an authority on what the gods want". so that combines both uses of the word into one person in the way that more secular authorities mostly do not.
- HPsquared 2y agoThe recent pandemic was a canonical example of the two forces coming together.