“I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.”
……………………………………………………………- attributed to Aristotle
(Or to paraphrase Sean Connery when asked what was the most important thing in the world to him: "To feel good inside my own skin at the end of the day.” And to be free to.)
And conversely, coercion is immoral because in denying individuals their moral space it denies individuals the capacity to develop their own moral sense. Or as Herbert Spencer put it,
“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools."
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