1. What is manipulative advertising? What is associative advertising? Give examples of advertisements that you consider manipulative. Does advertising socialize people to a life of consumption? To what extent does it influence or even dictate our individual brand and product choices/Assuming manipulative advertising is effective, does it undermine one's autonomy? Does it promote undesirable behaviors and character traits, as the virtue-ethics critique alleges?
2. Is advertising a positive or socially desirable aspect of our economic system? If so, why. If not, why not?