Question

Give a hypothetical example of when you think it would be justified to use manipulative persuasion or coercion. How did you decide when it would be ok? At what point do you justify a value-laden reason as sufficient?

Answer 1

Manipulative persuasion is the technique taken from social psychology in which the person intently persuades another person for personal benefit while leaving another person without his benefit or with harm. However, the manipulative persuasion may be good at some point in time. For example, if I would use it to defend my self from a dangerous dacoit who suddenly entered my house for robbery, then it is good to use. A dacoit intently enters the house to steal valuables while holding the firearms, who are in a hurry. At that time, the house owner intently persuades him to be calm down by seating him on the sofa, providing the drinking water, and asking him to decide which is to take - gold or cash. The house owner intently makes him busy with the greediness, and finally, it is too late for him to free. The police reached and captured the dacoit.

In this hypothetical exam, the dacoit was captured due to the manipulative persuasion used by the house owner, and thus it good to use. It is decided when to use or when not to use on the basis of the situation. If there is a little chance that the other person is ready to accept a small demand then it is okay. On the other hand, it is good if you are saving someone or something valuable from destruction.