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    The picture of coercion constricting autonomy and thereby... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The coercion-based argument cannot explain why distributive equality should be required within but not across national borders.

    The picture of coercion constricting autonomy and thereby grounding compensation obligations is not sustainable.

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    A difficulty with this view is that imposition of a massively coercive scheme either need pose no threat to individual autonomy or if it does pose a threat, does so only in circumstances in which the autonomy that is downgraded is worth very little. The law issues credible coercive threats that if, for example, I were to murder someone, I would be arrested, prosecuted, and subjected to capital punishment or a long prison sentence. If I have no desire whatsoever to murder anyone, the coercion sit

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