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
Well okay if the word "coercion" and the word "enforcement" are synonyms then her statement is false just on the face of it, yes
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But assuming there is some difference between the two words I kind of feel like "the rule of the road" is an example of a norm being passively "enforced" without someone going out of their way to directly "coerce" you
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Like I specifically see "rules of the road" being used as a metaphor to mean situations like that Like it's not that I'm shaming you to drive down the right side and not the left, or persuading you, or making you feel bad
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