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An Anarcho-Individualistic Remark on Natural Law: Lysander Spooner and His Theory of Law
Lysander Spooner (1808-1887) is an important but oft-neglected figure of 19th-century American political philosophy. He was a lawyer, entrepreneur, and political essayist. Ideologically, he was an individualist anarchist, abolitionist, and an exponent of
Muzaffer Dülger
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The Definition of Nudge and Libertarian Paternalism: Does the Hand Fit the Glove?
In recent years the concepts of ‘nudge’ and ‘libertarian paternalism’ have become popular theoretical as well as practical concepts inside as well as outside academia.
P. G. Hansen
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Libertarian Paternalism and Health Care Policy : A Deliberative Proposal [PDF]
Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler have been arguing for what they named libertarian paternalism (henceforth LP). Their proposal generated extensive debate as to how and whether LP might lead down a full-blown paternalistic slippery slope. LP has the indubitable merit of having hardwired the best of the empirical psychological and sociological evidence ...
Schiavone G +4 more
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Towards a Responsible Liberalism
ABSTRACT Liberalism has many faces, ranging from that which emphasises the laissez‐faire approach of freedom from interference to the interventionist perspective on providing the conditions for people to exercise their liberty. In this essay, after summarising the arguments made by four prominent liberal scholars (namely, Keynes, Hayek, Buchanan and ...
Adam Oliver
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Libertarian Paternalism and the Problem of Preference Architecture [PDF]
People often fail to make the choices that best satisfy their preferences. The design of the social environment inevitably makes some choices easier than others.
Kniess J
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ABSTRACT How do the strategies that governments employ when they encounter crisis‐induced turbulence affect the robustness of the political regime in which they operate? Comparative studies of the connection between government strategies and political regime robustness under different cultural and institutional conditions are few and far between.
Eva Sørensen +5 more
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Photo by Jeremy Wong on Unsplash ABSTRACT In response to the threat of COVID-19, CMS issued unprecedented restrictions severely limiting the liberty of older adults residing in long-term care. Older adults are identified as at a high risk of becoming
Cathy Purvis Lively
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ABSTRACT Participatory and collaborative governance (P&CG) is widely celebrated as an institutional vehicle for democratizing public decision‐making by inviting affected stakeholders into inclusive and deliberative policy processes. This essay argues that underlying appeals to democratic legitimacy in P&CG are tacit commitments to specific (and often ...
Alexander L. Q. Chen‐Florea
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ABSTRACT Firms invest heavily in corporate social initiatives (CSIs), yet evidence of behaviour change remains limited. This study examines whether corporate social marketing (CSM) elicits stronger behavioural intentions to change than other CSI formats, such as philanthropy and cause‐related marketing (CRM), and identifies the psychological mechanisms
Paul Blaise Issock Issock
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From Libertarian Paternalism to Nudging—and Beyond [PDF]
How can the government influence people to make better decisions about health, wealth and happiness without coercing them? This question has motivated legal scholar Cass Sunstein and economist Richard Thaler to propose a set of policies under the umbrella term of “nudges” (Sunstein and Thaler 2003; Sunstein 2013; Sunstein 2014; Thaler and Sunstein 2008)
Adrien Barton, Till Grüne-Yanoff
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