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Michaelos comments on Ethicality of Denying Agency - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: pwno 07 July 2014 05:40AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 08 July 2014 04:01:54PM -1 points [-]

Should you consider "Not begging someone for something" denying them agency?

I mean, presumably, you would prefer your five year old not ask you for too much chocolate. But what if they say "But PARENT, if I DIDN'T beg you for too much chocolate, I would be denying you of your agency!"

Because I have both begged for things, not begged for things and been begged from, in all sorts of various circumstances. Possibly too many to list.