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- Coercion is typically thought to carry with it several important implications, including that it diminishes the targeted agent’s freedom and responsibility, and that it is a (pro tanto) wrong and/or violation of right.
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Feb 10, 2006 · Coercion is typically thought to carry with it several important implications, including that it diminishes the targeted agent’s freedom and responsibility, and that it is a (pro tanto) wrong and/or violation of right.
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Coercion can involve not only the infliction of bodily harm, but also psychological abuse (the latter intended to enhance the perceived credibility of the threat). The threat of further harm may also lead to the acquiescence of the person being coerced.
Coercion is typically thought to carry with it several important implications, including that it diminishes the targeted agent's freedom and responsibility, and that it is a (pro tanto) wrong and/or violation of right. Nonetheless, few believe that it is always unjustified, since it seems that no society could function without some authorized ...
Jun 19, 2014 · Authority and coercion, along with leadership, are distinct but highly related psychological pathways to social power. First though, what do we even mean by ‘social power’? To have social power is to be able to direct the actions of others in an intended direction.
Jan 1, 2022 · Coercion is defined as a mode of influence that operates by threats and force; aims at controlling the recipient’s being, movement, or will; and leaves, at least initially, its recipient disadvantaged. Coercion is seen, in liberal traditions, as morally wrong insofar as it restricts its recipients’ freedom or liberty or violates their autonomy.
Jan 27, 2011 · It is argued that coercion is not just a matter of interference with one’s agency, but also affects one’s morality. Because coercion is a form of subjugation it does more than merely limit one’s freedom, it constitutes an affront to one’s dignity as well.
Jan 1, 2011 · It is sometimes suggested that coercion is a way of using someone merely as a means, and not, as Kantians require, as an end in itself. 1 When you coerce someone, you use him as a tool and fail to regard him as a moral agent in his own right. This, however, needs qualification.
