My statement was more observational than ideal, though. Sure, a rational agent can be averse to manipulating other people (and humans often are too), because agents can care about whatever they want. But that doesn’t bear very strongly on how the language is used compared to the fact that in real-world usage I see people say things like “improved his morals” by only three standards: consistency, how much society approves, and how much you approve.
My statement was more observational than ideal, though. Sure, a rational agent can be averse to manipulating other people (and humans often are too), because agents can care about whatever they want. But that doesn’t bear very strongly on how the language is used compared to the fact that in real-world usage I see people say things like “improved his morals” by only three standards: consistency, how much society approves, and how much you approve.