The ethics of influence : government in the age of behavioral science

Author(s)

• Sunstein, Cass R.

Bibliographic Information

The ethics of influence : government in the age of behavioral science

Cass R. Sunstein

（Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society）

Cambridge University Press, 2016

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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 (2008), 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.

Table of Contents

• 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.

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Details

• NCID: BB22075569
• ISBN:
  • 9781107140707
• LCCN: 2015051000
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 224 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : K378
  • DC23 : 172/.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Public policy (Law) -- Psychological aspects
  • LCSH : Public policy (Law) -- United States -- Psychological aspects
  • BISACSH : Political science -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB15359191