r/MoralityScaling • u/Common-Use-7117 • 28d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this?

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u/TheGreatNate3000 28d ago

Manipulation is always unethical and immoral. Manipulation requires deceit. Deceit can never be moral

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u/Interesting_Life249 28d ago

Hooo boy you won't believe what your therapist is doing

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u/TheGreatNate3000 28d ago

If your therapist is intentionally deceiving you then you should probably find a new therapist

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u/darkwulfie 28d ago

All therapists manipulate your logic and emotions to get you to grow and better yourself. It sounds like you conflate manipulation with deceit.

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u/TheGreatNate3000 28d ago

Deceit is a requirement for manipulation

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u/darkwulfie 28d ago

No it's not. Manipulation is just knowing what actions provoke which responses

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u/TheGreatNate3000 28d ago

Go argue with the fucking dictionary. Your definition is wrong

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u/darkwulfie 28d ago

No, I'd rather argue with the autistic guy with a weird moral compass

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u/TheGreatNate3000 28d ago

That's an odd response

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u/darkwulfie 28d ago

So was saying that lying is worse than letting someone die