Decius comments on On private marriage contracts - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 13 January 2013 11:51:47PM *  4 points [-]

I don't think this carves reality at the joints. Not only are border cases hard to tell apart in many societies most of the instances cluster around where we would deem border cases.

Comment author: Decius 14 January 2013 04:15:48AM -2 points [-]

Arranged marriages, like work, often involve driving external factors that don't amount to 'coercion'. Forced marriages, like slavery, always involve coercion. (The definition of coercion is the border dispute here). Do you concur? Or is there a continuum of marriage where "It sure would be nice to have grandkids someday" is only a matter of degree different from "If you refuse you will be stoned to death" or even "You have married this person."

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 14 January 2013 04:30:43AM 5 points [-]

What about a more realistic scenario: if you refuse, you'll be disinherited?