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Manipulation and freedom

9 January, 2022

Manipulation deprives freedom. But the impact on the personality of upbringing and nature can be similar to manipulation. Then free will is fundamentally impossible. We decided to shed light on the relationship between freedom, manipulation and the action of natural forces.


Moderator:
Anton Kuznetsov is a Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, a researcher at the MCCS at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University.

Guests:
Artem Besedin is a Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, a researcher at the MCCS.
Maria Sekatskaya is a PhD candidate, researcher at the University of Dusseldorf, Germany.

Timecode:

00:00 - Introduction. Bill Gates and Manipulation
05:05 - Manipulation argument. Professor Plum and the Wicked-despicable neuroscientists
11:14 - The difference between manipulation and other types of influences
16:55 - Registry and the analogy between determinism and manipulation
24:07 - Manipulation, Hitler-Jugend and chipping
31:26 - Manipulation is a very natural way of interaction between people
33:22 - The conclusion that manipulation does not remove responsibility
34:30 - How manipulation and freedom are combined
37:29 - A customer who is being manipulated
40:11 - Manipulation is not necessarily malicious
43:53 - Preservation of freedom and illegality of the manipulation argument
48:44 - Manipulation, its goals and how to live in peace with it
51:11 - Summary of the discussion

Music: D-pulse, album Dancing Qualia

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