Soft paternalism and subjective well-being: how happiness research could help the paternalist improve individuals’ well-being
Soft paternalists claim to respect individuals’ preferences by trying to nudge them towards actions that would satisfy said preferences if they were suitably informed and debiased. This paper argues that soft paternalists neither respect preferences nor credibly improve individuals’ welfare through...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer New York LLC
2019
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