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• Effectively influence on people: or are helping professionals free to utilize manipulative impacts?

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  Balázs Krémer

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  The economic and political crises of the last two decades have been greatly influenced by the fact
  that, impacted by manipulative effects, instead to follow their rational judgements people have
  made their decisions under the influence of emotional and instinctive temtation, deception and
  manipulation. So far, these manipulative influences dominate contemporary commercial or populist political communication. The paper below shares the author’s hesitation that, while
  non-rational factors bias from rational arguing and reasoning, both in decision-making and in
  communicative impacts on the other person inevitably present, is it acceptable to manipulate
  the users/clients by assisting professionals/social workers while exercising influence on decision-making of their clients? And if so, under what conditions, what specific constraints could be
  exercised such impacts and „professional power”? Likewise, when and what can and should be
  done to immunize clients against manipulation, to mitigate manipulative effects, to „gain back”
  rational mind and „empower” clients to follow rational consideration and make wiser decisions?
  The article does not undertake to provide „only” true and correct answers, rather gives insights
  and tries to provoke its reader to contribute to clarifying this important issue.