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Ouch, big red flag here. Instill appreciation? Remove chauvinism?
IMO, editing people's beliefs to better serve their preferences is miles better than editing their preferences to better match your own. And what other reason can you have for editing other people's preferences? If you're looking out for their good, why not just wirehead them and be done with it?
I'm not talking about editing people at all. Perhaps you got the wrong idea when I said I would give my friend a mind-altering pill; I would not force them to swallow it. What I'm talking about is using moral and rational arguments, which is the way we change people's preferences in real life. There is nothing wrong with unleashing a (good) argument on someone.