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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  3980 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Dark Side of Emotional Intelligence - Adam Grant - The Atlantic

I think "influence" "persuasion" and "manipulation" are the same thing seen through three opinions. That's why the Greeks broke Logos and Ethos out - logic need not be ethical; ethics need not be logical.

If anything, current research isn't so much challenging assumptions as it's challenging idealism. It's pretty idealistic to presume that a persuasive person would never be a manipulative person but a realist would recognize that the two positions are not separated by judgement but by aspersion.

I shared it. It's worth talking about. But the article is pretty fluffy.





humanodon  ·  3979 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I think "influence" "persuasion" and "manipulation" are the same thing seen through three opinions. That's why the Greeks broke Logos and Ethos out - logic need not be ethical; ethics need not be logical.

Yeah, that makes sense. If not opinions, then certainly those labels could be used given intent.

    I shared it. It's worth talking about. But the article is pretty fluffy.

I guess I should have posted this with a discussion question, as that's what I was looking for by posting the article. Notes for next time!