Manipulation - Theory and Practice

A great deal of scholarly attention has been paid to coercion. Less attention has been paid to what might be a more pervasive form of influence: manipulation. The essays in this volume address this relative imbalance by focusing on manipulation, examining its nature, moral status, and its significance in personal and social life.

About the author

Christian Coons is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. His research focuses on theory selection in normative ethics, the nature of value, and the structural relationship between normative concepts. He has published work in each of the major sub-fields of moral philosophy: applied ethics, normative ethics, axiology, metaethics, and political and legal theory.

Michael Weber is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University. He has published widely in ethics and political philosophy, with emphasis on contemporary egalitarianism, rational choice theory, and ethics and the emotions. His papers have appeared in journals including in Ethics, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, The Canadian Philosophical Review, Philosophical Studies, The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, The Journal of Ethics and Social Policy, The Journal of Ethics, and Public Affairs Quarterly.

Summary

A great deal of scholarly attention has been paid to coercion. Less attention has been paid to what might be a more pervasive form of influence: manipulation. The essays in this volume address this relative imbalance by focusing on manipulation, examining its nature, moral status, and its significance in personal and social life.

Additional text

The essays in this volume offer nuanced and insightful contributions to a developing conversation in analytic philosophy about psychological manipulation. The volume should be read by any scholar interested in manipulation and the diverse range of philosophical questions it raises.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Coons, Christian (Assistant Professor of Philosoph Coons, Christian Weber Coons
• Assisted by: Christian Coons (Editor), Coons Christian (Editor), Michael Weber (Editor), Weber Michael (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2014
• EAN: 9780199338207
• ISBN: 978-0-19-933820-7
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Soziale und politische Philosophie, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethical issues & debates, Ethical issues and debates