Coercion: choose one

1.Coercion: People have no choice but to accept it.
2.Tradition: Alternatives have never occurred to people.
3.Apathy: People don’t care one way or another.
4.Pragmatic acquiescence: People know it’s not ideal, but it seems like fate.
5.Instrumental acceptance: It’s not satisfactory, but it gives people some long-term benefit.
6.Normative agreement: People believe it is the right thing to do in the circumstances.
7.Ideal normative agreement: People believe it is the ideal outcome.


- David Held, Political Theory in the Modern State (1989)