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Government Paternalism - Nanny State or Helpful Friend? (Hardcover)
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Government Paternalism - Nanny State or Helpful Friend? (Hardcover)
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Should governments save people from themselves? Do governments have
the right to influence citizens' behavior related to smoking
tobacco, eating too much, not saving enough, drinking alcohol, or
taking marijuana--or does this create a nanny state, leading to
infantilization, demotivation, and breaches in individual autonomy?
Looking at examples from both sides of the Atlantic and around the
world, Government Paternalism examines the justifications for, and
the prevalence of, government involvement and considers when
intervention might or might not be acceptable. Building on
developments in philosophy, behavioral economics, and psychology,
Julian Le Grand and Bill New explore the roles, boundaries, and
responsibilities of the government and its citizens. Le Grand and
New investigate specific policy areas, including smoking, saving
for pensions, and assisted suicide. They discuss legal restrictions
on risky behavior, taxation of harmful activities, and subsidies
for beneficial activities. And they pay particular attention to
"nudge" or libertarian paternalist proposals that try to change the
context in which individuals make decisions so that they make the
right ones. Le Grand and New argue that individuals often display
"reasoning failure": an inability to achieve the ends that they set
themselves. Such instances are ideal for paternalistic
interventions--for though such interventions might impinge on
autonomy, the impact can be outweighed by an improvement in
well-being. Government Paternalism rigorously considers whether the
state should guide citizen decision making in positive ways and if
so, how this should be achieved.
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