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1、DAVIDC.DURSTTHELIMITSOFTOLERATIONINJOHNLOCKE'SLIBERALTHOUGHTABSTRACT.InthefollowingpaperIattempttoshowhowinLocke'sliberalthoughttheindividualissubjecttoacomplexoperationinvolvingliberationandsubjugation.InALetteronToleration(1685),Lockearguesthattheindividual'sinwardbelie
2、fsshouldbefreedfromthecoercionofChurchandState.Toensurelibertyofconscience,theindi-vidual'ssoulshouldbeconstitutedinpractice–notstructuredbyviolencebutnegotiatedbyrationalpersuasion.However,asIsuggest,theauthorityofreasonisnotestablishedwithoutanelementofviolence.Inhiswri
3、tingsoneducation,Lockemaintainsthattherighttocareforone'ssoulshouldbeenjoyedonlyafterrigorousmoraltraining.Thus,theindi-vidual'sconscienceistobefreedfromoutwardviolenceofecclesiasticandcivilpowersonlyafterfirst,inyouth,beingsubjecttothemoraldisciplineofesteem,disgrace,ands
4、hame,theinwardviolenceofwhichdiscloseslimitsinLocke'sdiscourseontoleration.KEYWORDS:education,JohnLocke,moraldiscipline,toleration,violenceINTRODUCTIONThecritiqueofviolencerepresentsanimportantfocusintheliberalpolit-icalthoughtofthe17thcentury;indeed,itinformstoasignifican
5、textentthediscourseontolerationintheearlymodernperiod.1Theuseofoutward1Therelationshipbetweeninstitutionalviolence(orcoercion)andtolerationrepres-entsatopicofconcern,forinstance,inthewritingsofHobbes,Milton,andSpinoza.Fortheirrespectivediscussionofthelimitsofcivilandeccle
6、siasticalcoercionovertheprivatebeliefsofindividuals,seeHobbes'sManandCitizen(DeHomineandDeCive)(Indianapolis:Hackett,1991),XV,12,297ff.andLeviathan(London:Penguin,1980),III,42,525f.,III,43,551,IV,47,711;JohnMilton,Areopagitica,inJ.Milton,CompletePoemsandMajorProse(Indiana
7、polis:Bobbs-Merrill,1983),747,TheReasonofChurchGovern-ment,inMilton,ibid.,676,TheChristianDoctrine,ibid.,980,andATreatiseofCivilPower,ibid.,840;andBaruchSpinoza,ATheological-PoliticalTreatise(NewYork:Dover,1951),245ff.Weshouldnotfailtomentionherethatthecritiqueoftheviolen
8、tcompulsionofconsciencedoesnotoriginateinthe17thcentury;notwithoutinherentlimitationsinapplicati
