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by Cass R Sunstein

Kling, Jeffrey R., 290n4

  Knowledge problem, 133, 148, 151, 155

  Kuran, Timur, 34–35

  Legal issues

  consequentialists and, 243

  constitutional law and, 20, 37, 40–41, 43, 196, 238, 243

  deontologists and, 243

  discrimination and, 170–171 (see also Discrimination)

  expressive function of law and, 41 (see also Expressive function of law)

  footbridge problem and, 174–175, 245–248, 250, 254

  Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and, 186–187, 190, 197–198

  group polarization and, 19, 24

  manipulation and, 172–173

  moral heuristics and, 215–219, 222, 230, 235–237, 240

  normalization and, 171–175

  nudges and, 99, 163, 170–171, 173

  policy and, 169–175

  precautions and, 204

  preferences and, 99, 163, 169–175

  punishment and, 232–235 (see also Punishment)

  punitive damages and, 171–175

  reforms and, 4, 7, 9–10

  rights and, 243, 250–251, 254

  social norms and, 4–5, 7, 9–10, 18–19, 24, 41–46, 50

  transparency and, 194

  trolley problem and, 174–175, 245–246, 250, 254

  unleashing and, 4–5, 7, 9–10, 18

  Lessig, Lawrence, 14

  Lockean Exclamation, 137–145

  Loss aversion

  coercion and, 154

  default rules and, 98, 100, 103, 109–110, 130

  ethics and, 130, 135

  moral heuristics and, 225, 298n27

  nudges and, 98, 100, 103, 109–110, 130, 135, 154

  precautions and, 208–209

  Madison, James, 36, 139–141, 144–145, 196, 268

  Mandates

  expressive function of law and, 42, 45

  five objections to, 148–155

  nudges and, 59–60, 96–97, 102, 104–105, 110–113, 116, 133, 138, 147–155

  precautions and, 201

  rights and, 253

  Manipulation

  context and, 134–135

  deception and, 109, 128, 132

  ethics and, 117, 119–120, 125–135

  group polarization and, 28

  legal issues and, 172–173

  lying and, 128–129

  moral heuristics and, 226

  nudges and, 60, 108–110, 117, 119–120, 125–135, 162–164, 167, 172, 176–179, 286n9

  precautions and, 296n24

  preferences and, 162–164, 167, 172, 176–179

  reflective choice and, 128

  subversion and, 129–132

  transparency and, 129

  Marriage, 11, 79, 98–100, 138, 259, 273

  Marshall, Thurgood, 191

  #MeToo movement, 11, 21, 273

  Milano, Alyssa, 11

  Military, 46, 205, 249, 269

  Mill, John Stuart, 78–79, 123, 143, 220, 222

  Ministerial Declaration of the Second International Conference on the Protection of the North Sea, 203

  Moral dumbfounding, 219, 238

  Morals

  act-omission distinction and, 238–239

  agency and, 227–228

  Asian disease problem and, 224–226

  attribute substitution and, 218–219

  availability heuristic and, 217–218, 221, 224, 236

  beliefs and, 215–216, 223, 241 (see also Beliefs)

  betrayals and, 230–232

  bias and, 216, 218, 232, 239

  cascades and, 223

  coercion and, 238

  consequentialists and, 222–223, 233–235, 243–244

  consumers and, 237

  cost-benefit analysis and, 226–229

  criminal behavior and, 194, 197

  deontologists and, 216, 220–223, 243–244, 253–255

  emissions trading and, 229–230

  environmental issues and, 229

  evolution and, 223–226

  exotic cases and, 239–242

  feminism and, 217, 221

  food and, 237

  footbridge problem and, 174–175, 245–248, 250, 254

  forcing choices and, 69

  framing and, 224–226, 228, 298n27

  heuristics and, 215–242

  human cloning and, 235–237

  insistent homunculus and, 216–219, 227, 229, 234, 239

  judgment and, 178, 217–221, 225–227, 232, 237–242, 246, 249, 253, 255

  legal issues and, 215–219, 222, 230, 235–237, 240

  loss aversion and, 225, 298n27

  manipulation and, 226

  neutral benchmarks and, 222–223

  omissions and, 238–239

  outrage heuristic and, 24–25, 34, 172, 174, 223, 228, 230–235

  playing God and, 226, 235–238

  politics and, 215–219, 225–226, 229–230, 239, 242

  preferences and, 174–175, 178, 225, 231, 233

  prototypical cases and, 218–219

  psychology and, 220–221, 231, 236, 238

  punishment and, 220, 223, 226–235

  reasoning/rationalization and, 253–255

  reflective equilibrium and, 239–242

  religion and, 170

  representativeness and, 217, 221, 232, 236

  rights and, 243–255, 302n22

  risk and, 217–219, 226–232, 237–238

  rule utilitarianism and, 223–226

  sex and, 226, 235–238

  social norms and, 11, 43, 45 (see also Social norms)

  statistics and, 217–218, 224, 227–228, 239

  System 1 and, 218–220, 227–229, 235–236

  System 2 and, 219, 237

  trolley problem and, 174–175, 245–246, 250, 254

  uncertainty and, 222, 225

  utilitarianism and, 216, 218, 220–226, 235–236, 238

  values and, 215, 218 (see also Values)

  Mortgages, 59, 125, 141, 148, 151

  MSNBC, 264

  National Environmental Policy Act, 184

  Negative option marketing, 120

  Neuroscience

  cognitive reflection test (CRT) and, 249–250

  deontologists and, 244–253

  ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPC) and, 247–248, 302n18

  visual/verbal cognitive styles and, 248–249

  New York Times, 266

  Norm entrepreneurs, 7–9, 13–15, 18, 45, 47, 51, 273, 279nn25,28

  North Sea, 203

  Nuclear power, 205, 294n5

  Nudges

  active choosing and, 62, 68–82, 85, 88, 118–120, 124–125, 132–134

  AJBT (“as judged by themselves”) criterion and, 87–94

  altering rules and, 109

  automatic enrollment and, 59–62, 87, 89, 91–92, 98, 102–103, 106, 124, 127–128, 138, 176

  autonomy and, 68, 76–81, 84–85, 113, 115, 117, 119–125, 129, 131–134, 149, 152

  availability heuristic and, 83, 101, 122, 144

  bans and, 59–60, 97, 104–105, 111, 113, 116, 133, 138, 147, 154

  better, 107–108

  bias and, 69, 82–83, 87, 93, 97, 101, 108–111, 116–118, 122–124, 133, 139–140, 144, 151, 154, 159, 170–171, 178, 286n14

  choice architecture and, 60, 68, 71–72, 87, 89, 93, 101, 104, 114–125, 130, 133–134

  coercion and, 60, 68, 70, 72, 77, 97, 116, 121, 124–126, 147–155

  collective action and, 72, 78, 81, 83, 111

  compensating behavior and, 113

  confusing information and, 112–113

  consequences of past choices and, 65

  consumers and, 61, 63, 65, 68, 71, 73, 76, 102, 104, 106, 108–111, 120, 122, 138, 152–155, 158, 160, 164–165, 168–169, 177, 287n14

  control and, 138

  cost-benefit analysis and, 83, 101, 111, 140, 144, 148, 154, 159, 161, 175

  counternudges and, 96, 102–111

  counterproductive, 95, 285n2

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nbsp; criminal behavior and, 59, 63, 72–73, 161

  default rules and, 59–62, 68, 70–72, 75–77, 79–82, 87, 92, 95–134, 138, 147–150, 155, 176

  delegation and, 69, 79–84, 139–144

  diagnostic ineffectiveness and, 97

  disclosure and, 60–63, 65, 76, 95, 107–108, 111–113, 117, 126, 130, 134, 152, 176

  discrimination and, 63, 115

  drugs and, 107, 139, 162

  economic incentives and, 59, 61, 97, 103, 111

  effectiveness and, 60–61

  effort tax and, 97–99

  eliciting implementation intentions and, 64

  entitlements and, 78, 87, 106–107, 153, 177, 284n4

  environmental issues and, 62–63, 65, 68, 87, 97, 111, 114, 140, 150–153

  ethics and, 116, 133

  evaluation of, 176–177

  externalities and, 87, 111, 153, 177

  failure of, 95–114

  food and, 59–60, 63, 89, 100–101, 110, 112–113, 120, 122, 129, 138–140, 148

  forcing choices and, 67–85

  framing rules and, 109–110

  freedom of choice and, xi, 60, 68, 78, 80–81, 84, 108–110, 114, 116, 120–122, 125–126, 135, 138, 147–152, 155, 289n2

  futility and, 95

  healthy food and, 59–60, 63, 112–113, 129, 139

  Hirschman and, 95, 114, 285n2

  inaccurate understanding of behavior and, 112

  increases in ease/convenience and, 63

  institutionalizing, 65–66

  jeopardy and, 95, 114, 285n2

  legal issues and, 99, 163, 170–171, 173

  as liberty-preserving approaches, 59

  Lockean Exclamation and, 137–145

  loss aversion and, 98, 100, 103, 109–110, 130, 135, 154

  mandates and, 59–60, 96–97, 102, 104–105, 110–113, 116, 133, 138, 147–155

  manipulation and, 60, 108–110, 117, 119–120, 125–135, 162–164, 167, 172, 176–179, 286n9

  means-oriented, 121–123

  paternalism and, 60, 68–72, 77–85, 93, 111, 120–124, 138, 154

  perversity and, 95, 285n2

  precommitment strategies and, 15, 64, 117, 269, 272

  preferences and, 96–101, 105, 109, 114

  privacy and, 65, 67, 70, 73, 80, 104, 106, 144

  reactance and, 113, 137

  reminders and, 65, 71, 82, 95, 105, 107–108, 112–113, 121, 127, 130, 132, 134

  retirement and, 61–62, 73, 75, 80, 85, 89, 102–103, 120, 127–128, 133, 150, 152

  risk and, 64, 66, 82, 92, 98, 107–110, 113–114, 121–127, 138, 147–148, 152–153, 155, 161, 176, 179, 285n2

  savings and, 61–62, 98, 100, 102–103, 110, 140, 145, 149–154, 176, 286n9

  self-control and, 87–91, 94, 108, 144, 147

  short guide to, 59–66

  short-term effects and, 113

  simplification and, 61–63, 96, 101, 112, 130, 167

  social norms and, 61, 63, 90, 99–100, 107–108, 110, 112–113, 118, 121, 127, 130–131

  students and, 61, 90, 113, 150, 173

  testing, 61–62

  transparency and, 60–61, 183, 188–189

  warnings and, 59–60, 64, 81, 89, 95, 97, 105–113, 117–118, 121, 127, 130–135

  Nudge Unit, 60

  Obama, Barack, x, 186, 257, 269

  Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 189, 270

  Office of Evaluation, 61

  Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 193

  Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 187–190, 197

  Omission bias, 232, 239

  Open Government Partnership, 189

  Opportunity costs, 159, 209

  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 100

  Orwell, George, 18, 93

  Out-groups, 33–34

  Outrage heuristic, 24–25, 34, 172, 174, 223, 228, 230–235

  Overdraft fees, 102–104

  Paine, Thomas, 12–13

  Palin, Sarah, 266

  Pandora, 76

  Partially adaptive preferences, 13

  Partyism, xii

  agency and, 268

  beliefs and, 261, 266, 305n34

  bias and, 259

  campaigns and, 263–264, 305n28

  causes of, 263–264

  change and, 269–270

  Congress and, 261–262, 267, 269

  conservatives and, 263–266

  cost-benefit analysis and, 270

  delegation and, 269–270

  Democrats and, 197, 258–260, 262–263, 266, 270–271

  Federalist No. 10 and, 268

  fragility of institutional judgments and, 271–272

  gridlock and, 267

  hiring and, 259–260

  identity and, 263–266

  ideologies and, 263–266, 270

  implicit association test and, 258–259, 303n4

  liberals and, 263–266

  marriage and, 259

  media market and, 263–264

  polarization and, 263–266, 305n34

  precommitment and, 269

  preferences and, 260, 263

  prejudice and, 257–259, 262–263

  racism and, 257, 260–262

  Republicans and, 30, 197, 258–260, 262–263, 266, 270–271

  rise of, 257–258, 261

  risk and, 265, 268

  sex and, 257, 262

  social norms and, 259

  solutions for, 267–270

  statistics and, 265

  students and, 260–261

  technocracy and, 269–270

  timing and, 268

  Trump and, 138

  trust and, 260–261

  values and, 270

  welfare and, 258, 267

  Paternalism

  AJBT (“as judged by themselves”) criterion and, 93

  asymmetries and, 81–82

  automatic enrollment and, 59–62, 87, 89, 91–92, 98, 102–103, 106, 124, 127–128, 138, 149–152, 176

  autonomy and, 84–85

  coercion and, 68, 70, 72, 120–121, 123, 154

  control and, 138

  ethics and, 120–124

  expressive function of law and, 41, 47–48

  forcing choices and, 68–72, 77–85

  justification of, 82–85

  libertarianism and, 68, 70–71, 77, 83–84, 121, 123

  means-oriented, 121–123

  mistaken facts and, 122

  nanny state and, 70, 120

  nudges and, 60, 68–72, 77–85, 93, 111, 120–124, 138, 154

  objections to, 121–124

  transparency and, 197

  welfare and, 82–84, 93

  Plessy v. Ferguson, 40

  Polarization entrepreneurs, 32

  Political correctness, ix, 4–6, 15, 278n7

  Politics

  cascades and, 273

  control and, 137–139, 145

  ethics and, 118, 127

  forcing choices and, 76

  group polarization and, 20, 22, 24, 28–33, 35

  moral heuristics and, 215–219, 225–226, 229–230, 239, 242

  partyism and, 257 (see also Partyism)

  precautions and, 202, 212

  preferences and, 157–164, 168–169, 177, 179, 290n4

  rights and, 243, 250–251

  social norms and, 4–5, 11–12, 15–16, 20, 22, 24, 28–33, 35

  tipping points and, 273

  transparency and, 183, 185, 193, 197, 199

  unleashing and, 4–5, 11–12, 15–16

  Poverty, 63, 65

  Precautions

  availability heuristic and, 209–211

  bans and, 201, 204, 206

  beliefs and, 202, 207–210

  benevolence of nature and, 207–208

  bias and, 209

  cascades and, 201

  cost-benefit analysis and, 203

  definitions for, 202–204

  drug lag and, 206, 209
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  environmental issues and, 203

  food and, 205–209, 212, 296n24

  incoherence and, 201–202

  irreversibility and, 211–212

  legal issues and, 204

  loss aversion and, 208–209

  mandates and, 201

  manipulation and, 296n24

  nuclear power and, 205, 294n5

  paralysis and, 204–207

  politics and, 202, 212

  Precautionary Principle and, xii, 201–213, 294n1, 295n22, 296n24

  resilience and, 212

  risk and, 296n23

  self-contradiction and, 204–207

  sex and, 210

  statistics and, 209

  uncertainty and, 209, 211–212, 222, 225

  values and, 202, 208

  wider view of, 212–213

  Precommitment strategies, 15, 64, 117, 269, 272

  PredictWise, 16

  Preferences

  agency and, 171

  AJBT (“as judged by themselves”) criterion and, 87–94

  anonymity and, 278n10

  antecedent, 7–8, 14, 17, 87–94, 98–101, 109, 111–112, 114

  automatic enrollment and, 176

  bias and, 159, 170–171, 178

  choice architecture and, 87, 157

  coercion and, 155

  comparison friction and, 162–163, 167, 290n4

  consumers and, 158–161, 164–165, 168–169, 177, 290n4

  contingent valuation and, 175–176, 179

  control and, 138–139, 142–144

  cost-benefit analysis and, 159, 161, 175

  criminal behavior and, 161

  default rules and, 98–101, 176

  disclosure and, 176

  discrimination and, 12–13, 170–172, 178–179

  entitlements and, 177

  evaluation and, 157–179

  experience and, 177–179

  externalities and, 153

  falsification of, x, 4, 6–8, 13–14, 18

  forcing choices and, 69–73, 76

  global evaluation and, 158, 162–163, 169, 173–174, 176–179

  isolated options and, 157–158, 172–173, 175

  joint evaluation and, 157–179

  lack of information and, 157, 159, 178

  legal issues and, 99, 163, 169–175

  less-is-more approach and, 163–164

  manipulation and, 162–164, 167, 172, 176–179

  moral heuristics and, 174–175, 178, 225, 231, 233

  normalization and, 171–175

  nudge failures and, 96–101, 105, 109, 111, 114

  opportunity cost neglect and, 159

  partially adaptive, 13

  partyism and, 260, 263

  policy and, 169–175

  politics and, 157–164, 168–169, 177, 179, 290n4

  prejudice and, 169

  psychology and, 159, 169

  punishment and, 171–175

  real life and, 162–163

  religion and, 170

  resisting temptation and, 164–168

  reversals and, 157–163, 169–177

  risk and, 161, 176, 179, 201–213

 

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