Manipulation - Its Nature, Mechanisms, and Moral Status

About the author

Robert Noggle earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1996. He is currently Professor of Philosophy at Central Michigan University. He has written extensively on manipulation and the ethics of influence in such venues as American Philosophical Quarterly, Bioethics, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. His other current philosophical interests include philosophical psychopathology, ethical issues related to children, and the limits of moral obligation. He has also written about personal autonomy, the non-identity problem, and desire-based theories of well-being.

Summary

This book is about forms of manipulation like gaslighting, flattery, misdirection, nagging, emotional blackmail, charm offensives, and playing on the emotions. It uses philosophical methodology to build and defend a theory of manipulation, called the Mistake Account.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Noggle, Robert (Professor of Philosophy Noggle, Noggle Robert
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9780198924890
• ISBN: 978-0-19-892489-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: New Topics in Applied Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Psychology: emotions, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy