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In Depth: The Ethics of Manipulation
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy uses this report to examine The of Suppose that plans to do Y, but wants her to do X instead. has tried unsuccessfully to provide with reasons for doing X rather than Y. If is unwilling to resort to coercion or force.
Suppose that plans to do Y , but wants her to do X instead. has tried unsuccessfully to provide with reasons for doing X rather than Y .
If is unwilling to resort to coercion or force, he deploy any of the following tactics to try to influence Tonya’s choice. For example, &hellip.
Despite the differences between what we call “ordinary manipulation” and the forms of in the free will literature, we still wonder about the relationship between them. If global completely deprives its victim of free will, ordinary forms of do something similar, on a limited scale.
The report closes by linking the event to broader consequences.
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