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- Title
Ethical Limitations on the State's Use of Arational Persuasion.
- Authors
Sawicki, Nadia N.
- Abstract
Policy makers frequently use arational appeals and nudges-such as those relying on emotion, cognitive biases, and subliminal messaging-to persuade citizens to adopt behaviors that support public goals. However, these communication tactics have been widely criticized for relying on arational triggers rather than reasoned argument. This article develops a fuller account of the nonconsequentialist objection to arational persuasion by state actors, focusing on theories of decisional autonomy and metadecisional voluntariness. The article concludes by proposing ethically justifiable limitations on state communications that should be compelling to both critics and advocates of arational persuasion.
- Subjects
PERSUASION (Psychology); POLICY sciences; POLITICAL autonomy; EMOTIONS; COGNITIVE bias
- Publication
Law & Policy, 2016, Vol 38, Issue 3, p211
- ISSN
0265-8240
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/lapo.12059