Coercion Negates Responsibility: A Case for Indirect Compelled Doxastic Coercion and Adaptive Preferences as Effects of Practical Coercion

Author

RC Patterson, University of Missouri-St. LouisFollow

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Master of Arts

Major

Philosophy

Date of Defense

2-25-2016

Graduate Advisor

Jill Delston, Ph.D.

Committee

Eric Wiland, Ph.D.

Stephanie Ross, Ph.D.

Abstract

In part 1 of this project, I

1. define different forms of coercion;
2. outline adaptive preferences;
3. argue that indirect doxastic coercion is the unconscious element in adaptive preferences; and
4. contextualize these concepts in the black experience.

In part 2, I

1. demonstrate how certain segregation policies are a mix of direct practical coercion and indirect doxastic compelled coercion, or indoctrination;
2. In the final section I argue that, under desert theory, coercion negates responsibility.

Recommended Citation

Patterson, RC, "Coercion Negates Responsibility: A Case for Indirect Compelled Doxastic Coercion and Adaptive Preferences as Effects of Practical Coercion" (2016). Theses. 309.
https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/309