I suspect you’re using the word “manipulation” to mean different things.
For that matter, a lot of “manipulation” goes on in Brennan’s world, it’s expected on all sides, they don’t think of themselves as immoral because of it, and I would go ahead and endorse that aspect of their fictional existence. I think that it’s manipulation of someone who isn’t expecting manipulation which is the main ethical problem.
It would seem that you and I disagree on matters of ethics, then—probably on an awfully basic level.
I suspect you’re using the word “manipulation” to mean different things.
For that matter, a lot of “manipulation” goes on in Brennan’s world, it’s expected on all sides, they don’t think of themselves as immoral because of it, and I would go ahead and endorse that aspect of their fictional existence. I think that it’s manipulation of someone who isn’t expecting manipulation which is the main ethical problem.