“More effective” is not necessarily “better”: some ethical considerations when influencing individual behaviour

Chater & Loewenstein make a persuasive case for focusing behavioural research and policy making on s- rather than i-interventions. This commentary highlights some conceptual and ethical issues that need to be addressed before such reform can be embraced. These include the need to adjudicate betw...

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Tác giả chính: Brown, RCH
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Tóm tắt:Chater & Loewenstein make a persuasive case for focusing behavioural research and policy making on s- rather than i-interventions. This commentary highlights some conceptual and ethical issues that need to be addressed before such reform can be embraced. These include the need to adjudicate between different conceptions of “effectiveness,” and accounting for reasonable differences between how people weight different values.