Hatékonyan hatni az emberekre - avagy kell-e, szabad-e manipulatív hatásokkal élniük a segítő szakembereknek?
Effectively influence on people – or are helping professionals free to utilize manipulative impacts?

Summary/Abstract: The economic and political crises of the last two decades have been greatly influenced by the factthat, impacted by manipulative effects, instead to follow their rational judgements people havemade their decisions under the influence of emotional and instinctive temtation, deception andmanipulation. So far, these manipulative influences dominate contemporary commercial or populist political communication. The paper below shares the author’s hesitation that, whilenon-rational factors bias from rational arguing and reasoning, both in decision-making and incommunicative impacts on the other person inevitably present, is it acceptable to manipulatethe 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 beexercised such impacts and „professional power”? Likewise, when and what can and should bedone 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 insightsand tries to provoke its reader to contribute to clarifying this important issue.

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