PABLO PICASSO

Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued that human nature only becomes corrupted after we move into society.

• He thought problems like theft could only be problems after society formed.
• He argues that art and science haven't improved most people's moral fibre.
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The idea that art is about progress is appealing to historians because it gives a simple linear-narrative framework. But this view tends to be exclusive in that it views Western art as the main story of art history without considering Islamic art, Turkish art, Japanese art, or West Africa's art.

Manipulation often harms. Manipulative phishing and other scams make identity theft possible; manipulative social tactics can support unhealthy relationships.

Manipulation is wrong because it involves immoral techniques. It means treating the other as mere objects and not as a rational being.