Paternalistic Libertarianism?
I am buying Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness for my birthday. I just read the whole page on Amazon and there is an amazing amount of information there, including an interview with the authors and a couple of informative reviews. The authors call their brand of thinking "paternalistic libertarianism" - which basically amounts to using the latest psychological research about human choice-making to restructure the menu without removing choices from the menu. Everything I know about that imperfect species called human supports this kind of redesigning. At first reading, I am inclined to go with the authors. I will let you know what I think when I read the whole book.
PS: I came across this link from the comment posted by LB. A nice synopsis.
PS: I came across this link from the comment posted by LB. A nice synopsis.
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But that's just my opinion.
:)
What is or would be a perfect species?