Coercion: Theory Developed By Gerald Patterson

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Coercion was theory that developed by Gerald Patterson , broadly speaking the concept of coercion has two different types, according to the two parties involved in the case of its most unusual. In first types, it took an agent technique (coercers) that can be used to get the other agents to do or not do something. On the other face, picking out some sort of reason why the agent (coercees) sometimes do or hold back from doing something. Coercion has a special way to carry some important implications, including reducing the freedom and responsibility of targeted agents, and that it is a (pro tanto) incorrect and / or infringement. Nevertheless, some believe that it is always justified, because it seems that no society can be functioned without

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