I've got some comments here on an article that called for "behavioural manipulation" - i.e. the "engineering of consent" by marketing techniques - as maybe "our best chance at avoiding ecological catastrophe." My view, in short, is nah. news.mongabay.com/2024/03/ecol...
A paper generated by the Merz Institute, an Aotearoa New Zealand-based think tank, and published in the journal Science Progress in 2023, hypothesizes that the environmental crises our planet faces to...
I think, it's no risk to give it a try. You say, people need truthful information in order to consent? I agree. Marketing is the way to make people read/see it. It persuades them to engage initially. Maybe in a humorous way, maybe by making them "feel" the consequence of not acting. I see no problem
Thank you for all of this.
Consent is important to retain through sustainability transitions, and consent that is not free and informed (i.e. gained through manipulation) is not authentic consent. doi.org/10.1007/978-...
The idea of consent is central to the modern social imaginary. As an ethical norm, it mediates diverse interactions between individuals, groups, and organizations. It is also central to influential th...