(October 25, 2011 at 10:07 pm)Rhythm Wrote: The key part, Ryft, is "free." Coercion erodes this to nothing.
How, exactly? He has coerced you into making a choice, but he has not coerced which choice you make.
(October 25, 2011 at 10:07 pm)Rhythm Wrote: If a man with a gun- he gave you one option, give up your wallet. There is no other option. If you think there is maybe you should take that up with him?
Except there is another option. Maybe he did not state it, but it is still there: not giving up your wallet.
But again, controlling which choice you make robs you of free will, but coercing you into making a choice does not.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
