Dialogue between Intention Sensitivity and Duty-of-Care
Each of us personally develops that sensitivity, that "perceptual finesse" of knowing when someone is pretending. How do we develop that at a collective or societal level? Some people never develop it themselves. Aristotle called it phronesis, the way in which virtuous people perceive, very tied to being able to distinguish intentionality behind people's actions. People capable of phronesis act differently when they encounter bad-faith or see someone falling victim to it. A duty of care arises that asks to speak and say "hey, this isn't ok, this shouldn't be happening" to the offending side and "you should be more careful, not making yourself as vulnerable" to the victim.
There's tension between this and the notion of personal freedoms and individualism/liberty of individual. If the attitude is "Oh this is my life", that duty of care you cannot exercise it. It's fine if you haven't developed intention sensitivity yourself, as long as you are in field-of-view of someone who has, so that they can act on your behalf when you are being taken advantage of. Very complicated in places like the United States. When are you crossing a line? Ages of consent come to mind, whether a teenager can legally consent is beyond the point, a parent exercising duty of care wouldn't avow sexo-romantic interaction between a 17 or 18 year old and a 45 year old.
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