Sentence examples for external compulsion from inspiring English sources
Something happens to the way we speak, and to the way we think, when we become enthralled by the things we buy and sell either by our own deviant choices or by some external compulsion of force.
It is internal direction, not external compulsion that induces us to act either morally or immorally.
The very notion of a capacity to make one's own decisions implies as a matter of logical necessity that those decisions are free of external compulsion; otherwise they would not be decisions.
The most important and far-reaching justification of toleration, however, is the principle credere non potest nisi volens, which holds that only faith based on inner conviction is pleasing to God, and that such faith has to develop from within, without external compulsion.
(At least in the normal case, where there is neither external constraint nor internal compulsion or other pathology).
These factors are called internal factors (abilities, skills, compulsions) or external factors (time availability, opportunity, resources) [ 20, 21].
It's an unusual book for Kertesz — not that he has any usual ones — in that it is the only one written, he tells us, "more because of external prompting than out of any inner compulsion".
Autonomy in this view is synonymous with practical reason, where consent requires not only freedom from external influences and freedom from ignorance but also freedom from inner compulsions [ 5, 18], which may be difficult for a patient to achieve.
Adam Marshall, director of policy and external affairs at the British Chambers of Commerce, said employers should be encouraged to increase wages "without facing compulsion or regulation, which could lead to job losses and difficulties particularly for younger people entering the labour market".
And that's the strange thing about addiction: Though external chemicals like alcohol can play a part, it's our own brain chemistry that lies at the root of every compulsion.
