There was never ayn intention that you could fix other people’s malice…
The post that I replied to was implying that malice was a fixed trait that cannot be changed in any way, and that is not my understanding at all. A person can choose to become less malicious if they wish.
But to your point (even though it diverges from the original intention). It is plausible you could attempt to fix somebody else’s malice using some of the standard ideas: explain that other people have feelings too. Ask how they’d feel in the situation they’re putting the other person. I’d ask them if they wanted to live in a world where it’s ok for everyone was nasty to each other, and talk in general about “the social contract”. I’d also point out the negative utility in doing something that makes many enemies and how it’s quite difficult to get along in this world with more enemies than friends.
ie I’d start by trying to trigger their empathy. If that fails—I’d work on their sense of fairness, then if that doesn’t work, fall back to purely selfish utility reasons.
Note—all of the above may still fail—but it may serve to persuade some.
If I personally were trying to fix the maliciousness of an actual person that I cared about fixing—I’d also spend some time to go look up the psychology of maliciousness and strategies in persuading them otherwise.
There was never ayn intention that you could fix other people’s malice…
The post that I replied to was implying that malice was a fixed trait that cannot be changed in any way, and that is not my understanding at all. A person can choose to become less malicious if they wish.
But to your point (even though it diverges from the original intention). It is plausible you could attempt to fix somebody else’s malice using some of the standard ideas: explain that other people have feelings too. Ask how they’d feel in the situation they’re putting the other person. I’d ask them if they wanted to live in a world where it’s ok for everyone was nasty to each other, and talk in general about “the social contract”. I’d also point out the negative utility in doing something that makes many enemies and how it’s quite difficult to get along in this world with more enemies than friends.
ie I’d start by trying to trigger their empathy. If that fails—I’d work on their sense of fairness, then if that doesn’t work, fall back to purely selfish utility reasons.
Note—all of the above may still fail—but it may serve to persuade some.
If I personally were trying to fix the maliciousness of an actual person that I cared about fixing—I’d also spend some time to go look up the psychology of maliciousness and strategies in persuading them otherwise.