Threats of abandonment based on a patient's choice are another example of
coersion and control.
Manente: its cruelty and "monstrosity," traits that, I will argue, provide insight into the social structures of the mid-sixteenth century, particularly those that rely upon
coersion and force.
Now, however, there is no such remainder: "[S]ociety," writes Mill, "has now fairly got the better of individuality; and the danger which threatens human nature is not the excess, but the deficiency, of personal impulses and preferences." (40) "In our times," Mill continues, "every one lives as under the eye of a hostile and dreaded censorship." (41) Discipline through surveillance, and
coersion through standardization has become commonplace.
But it is unlikely to work without
coersion; something that the constituency parties, which select candidates, will find difficult to accept.
See also McCartney, supra note 14, at 609-10 and accompanying text (reducing the topic of informed consent into five general components: (1) medical competency, (2) disclosure of information, (3) understanding, (4) freedom from
coersion in making the decision, and (5) acceptance or rejection of the proposed medical treatment).
Furthermore, she states that the contraction between liberty and
coersion that this tension illustrates is at the heart of the Revolution, with
coersion eventually gaining the upper hand through the Jacobins.