In Mass Effect, this translates into violently coercing potential sources for information instead of gently reasoning with them or killing an enraged character as opposed to talking him down.
But if a (would-be) coercer knows that a potential victim will be unyielding to his threats, then coercion becomes a less productive or reasonable means to use.
On balance, I would want there to be an effective state for the protections it gives me against others despite its potential for coercing me into good behavior.
However, mindful of the potential for coerced participation through such a public form of non-participation, students were also given alternative forms of non-participation.
Moreover, the regime saw them as dangerous elements, potential spies, and coerced all but a few to live in mines and badlands; some were banished to concentration camps.
The wagering tax returns introduced in evidence at his trial have none of the characteristics, and hence none of the potential unreliability, of coerced confessions produced by 'overt and obvious coercion.' Johnson, 384 U.S., at 730, 86 S.Ct., at 1779.
Family pressure may take the form of credible threats of violence, in which case the potential donor is coerced and any consent invalid.
Even if one concedes that potential immigrants are coerced, though, one might doubt that coercion cannot be permissible in the absence of democratic justification.
These sorts of pre-existing relationships can lead to potential participants feeling coerced to participate or hesitant to share critical perspectives during interviews for fear of jeopardizing working relationships.
We will remain watchful for the potential that women feel coerced to provide an electronic fingerprint in the field, and will continue to provide recruiting staff with appropriate device and sensitivity training.
The latter part of this argument is an important one, and requires comprehensive review by governmental bodies to prevent exploitation, either by the person who argues personal utility for societal benefit, or the society that may implicitly coerce such a person into pursuing this potential collective benefit at expense of their own autonomy.
