Will Wilkinson offers a typically rigorous intellectual challenge regarding coercion, and issues it in with typically Wilkinsonian wit.

The challenge: why do we bristle at physical coercion, but think nothing of emotional manipulation/blackmail?

The comments are good, particularly the answer by occasional Agitator.com commenter Nicholas Weininger.

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