All that is exalted in man, his innermost idealistic strivings, are actualized without hindrance. Love rises and swells, the spirit soars. But it is still coercion, because the path has not been chosen by him. Its greatness lies in man's ability to use his conscious understanding in order to identify and respond to the profoundest needs of his soul. The method of conscious understanding involves analysis, comparison, and weighing of alternatives.
Free choice is more than the mere capacity to choose.
It endows human action with a unique force. The gestation of Adam's exulting cry was the long process which preceded it. Take as another instance the case of Yitro, the priest of Midian, who, according to our tradition, had indulged in every existing form of idolatry before arriving at his true faith. This is the gift of free will to humanity. This is the reason for the great esteem in which proselytes were held by the Rambam.