Truth appeals serve a society that forces confession to enable persecution

Evidence

Truth isn’t outside power… Truth is a thing of this world; it is produced only by virtue of multiple forms of constraint … and it induces regular effects of power. Each society has its regime of truth, its “general polities” of truth; that is, the types of discourse which it accepts and makes function as true; the mechanisms and instances which enable one to distinguish “true” and “false” statements; the means by which each is sanctioned; and the techniques and procedures accorded value in the acquisition of truth; the status of those who are charged with saying what counts as true. (Foucault 1980, 131) Let us summarize the main points of this argument. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 590 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Coerced confessions force victims to accept fabrications as truth; Each society has a regime of truth that determines what counts as true; Investigation transferred truth-finding authority from God and community to the sovereign state — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 351 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Coerced confessions force victims to accept fabrications as truth #expands (0.85)
• Truth is produced socially through power-sanctioned mechanisms of validation. #corroborates (0.85) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 590
• Each society has a regime of truth that determines what counts as true #corroborates (0.80)
• Investigation transferred truth-finding authority from God and community to the sovereign state #expands (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 351