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A Plea for a “Good” Manipulation in Mass Democratic Societies
Fischer, Alexander
Illies, Christian
2024
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Abstract
In this paper we are going to explore the question, if a certain form of manipulation, something that we call a good manipulation, does offer a legitimate means to strengthen the inner peace of a state. We ask this question against the background of a tension between, on the one hand, the reality of our modern mass democracies and, on the other hand, a tendency towards a radical individualization within this existence in mass societies. Our main goal is to combine manipulation, as a form of influence via our affectivity with a respect for the human being as a rational being. If this is possible, then manipulation could – and this is the core of our cautious plea – contribute in a moral way to stabilize societies.
Source
Alexander Fischer, Christian Illies, "A Plea for a “Good” Manipulation in Mass Democratic Societies" in: "Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics (2024) XXVI/2", EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, Trieste, 2024, pp. 13-30
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en
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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