Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Manipulation (psychology)" in English language version.
We define manipulation as deliberately influencing or controlling the behavior of others to one's own advantage by using charm, persuasion, seduction, deceit, guilt induction, or coercion.
In this tradition, manipulation is considered ethically wrong because it involves influencing someone's behavior or beliefs in a non-transparent way that (i) undermines their autonomy, freedom, or dignity, (ii) promotes the personal gain of the manipulator at the expense of the manipulated, and (iii) may result in direct or indirect harm for the manipulated.
First, in addition to evolved strategies for individual and cooperative resource acquisition, humans, like many other species, have evolved an array of exploitation strategies that are designed to expropriate the resources of others through force, deception, intimidation, and coercion, most of which have remained entirely unstudied by scientists.
We define manipulation as deliberately influencing or controlling the behavior of others to one's own advantage by using charm, persuasion, seduction, deceit, guilt induction, or coercion.
We define manipulation as deliberately influencing or controlling the behavior of others to one's own advantage by using charm, persuasion, seduction, deceit, guilt induction, or coercion.