Nudging as a tool of public policies has often been criticized on account of two assumptions: 1) it is more dangerous than traditional command & control regulation for human dignity and autonomy; 2) when it is justified on paternalistic grounds, it is even more problematic than in its non-paternalistic applications. This paper seeks to challenge both assumptions, by showing that the main problem with nudging is one of transparency, but this can be obtained without impairing its effectiveness; moreover, paternalistic nudging is means paternalism, not ends paternalism, which means that it is not a form of perfectionism superimposed on the people’s individual ends.
The Problem With Nudges: Paternalism, Autonomy, and Transparency = O Problema com os Nudges: Paternalismo, Autonomia e Transparência / F. Ferraro. - In: E-PÚBLICA. - ISSN 2183-184X. - 8:2(2021), pp. 021-030.
The Problem With Nudges: Paternalism, Autonomy, and Transparency = O Problema com os Nudges: Paternalismo, Autonomia e Transparência
F. Ferraro
2021
Abstract
Nudging as a tool of public policies has often been criticized on account of two assumptions: 1) it is more dangerous than traditional command & control regulation for human dignity and autonomy; 2) when it is justified on paternalistic grounds, it is even more problematic than in its non-paternalistic applications. This paper seeks to challenge both assumptions, by showing that the main problem with nudging is one of transparency, but this can be obtained without impairing its effectiveness; moreover, paternalistic nudging is means paternalism, not ends paternalism, which means that it is not a form of perfectionism superimposed on the people’s individual ends.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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