I think that if Vassar tried not to destabilize people, it would heavily impede his general communication. He just talks like this. One might say, “Vassar, just only say things that you think will have a positive effect on the person.” 1. He already does that. 2. That is advocating that Vassar manipulate people.
You are making a false dichomaty here. You are assuming that everything that has a negative effect on a person is manipulation.
As Vassar himself sees the situation people believe a lot of lies for reasons of fitting in socially in society. From that perspective getting people to stop believing in those lies will make it harder to fit socially into society.
If you would get a Nazi guard at Ausschwitz into a state where the moral issue of their job can’t be disassociated anymore, that’s very predicably going to have a negative effect on that prison guard.
Vassar position would be that it would be immoral to avoid talking about the truth about the nature of their job when talking with the guard in a motivation to make life easier for the guard.
You are making a false dichomaty here. You are assuming that everything that has a negative effect on a person is manipulation.
As Vassar himself sees the situation people believe a lot of lies for reasons of fitting in socially in society. From that perspective getting people to stop believing in those lies will make it harder to fit socially into society.
If you would get a Nazi guard at Ausschwitz into a state where the moral issue of their job can’t be disassociated anymore, that’s very predicably going to have a negative effect on that prison guard.
Vassar position would be that it would be immoral to avoid talking about the truth about the nature of their job when talking with the guard in a motivation to make life easier for the guard.