The contributions collected in this monographic issue of Ethics & Politics deal with the topic of manipulation, the conceptual relationships between manipulation, deception and lying, and the ethical value of transparency. The renewed philosophical interest in manipulation provides an opportunity to explore both the conceptual and the more properly ethical dimensions of the phenomenon, through a combination of conceptual and applied studies. The Guest Editors emphasize the relational and contextual nature of manipulation, mention some conceptual connections between the phenomena of manipulation, deception and lying, and suggest that lack of transparency is one of the main elements that make manipulation morally troubling.
