TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sunstein,Cass R.
TI  - The Ethics of Influence: Government in the Age of Behavioral Science 
T2  - Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
SN  - 9781316493021
AV  - K378 .E845 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Public policy (Law)
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Jun 2016); 2; Machine generated contents note: 1. The age of behavioral science; 2. Choice and its architecture; 3. 'As judged by themselves'; 4. Values; 5. Fifty shades of manipulation; 6. Do people like nudges? Empirical findings; 7. Green by default? Ethical challenges for environmental protection; 8. Mandates --; a very brief recapitulation; Appendix A. American attitudes toward thirty-four nudges; Appendix B. Survey questions; Appendix C. Executive Order 13707: using behavioral science insights to better serve the American people; Acknowledgements; 2; b
N2  - In recent years, 'Nudge Units' or 'Behavioral Insights Teams' have been created in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other nations. All over the world, public officials are using the behavioral sciences to protect the environment, promote employment and economic growth, reduce poverty, and increase national security. In this book, Cass R. Sunstein, the eminent legal scholar and best-selling co-author of Nudge, breaks new ground with a deep yet highly readable investigation into the ethical issues surrounding nudges, choice architecture, and mandates, addressing such issues as welfare, autonomy, self-government, dignity, manipulation, and the constraints and responsibilities of an ethical state. Complementing the ethical discussion, The Ethics of Influence: Government in the Age of Behavioral Science contains a wealth of new data on people's attitudes towards a broad range of nudges, choice architecture, and mandates
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