3 years ago I asked a political philosopher a question at a talk and in response she told me that you can enforce laws without coercion. What does this mean
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Replying to @christapeterso
In theory, Kantian theories of public reason are supposed to be non-coercive. But (a) it's not clear that they count as "enforcement" and (b) I haven't seen a plausible formulation of public reason yet.
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Replying to @thephilosotroll @christapeterso
I consider the argument convincing that in many cases people actively seek a set of norms to conform to ("Who's supposed to go first at this intersection") and the barrier is just establishing that norm and making it widely known
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Traffic I guess is a good source of examples of this Like the most basic "rule of the road" (do you go down the left or the right side) is "self-enforcing" once it exists, and it's kind of arbitrary which one it is
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When traffic lights were first introduced to replace having an actual cop there with a whistle at the intersection people predicted it would lead to chaos and mass accidents because the light can't give you a ticket for ignoring it, but it turned out they work pretty well
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