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Research On The Justification Of Governmental Implemented Nudge

Posted on:2019-07-28Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y M KongFull Text:PDF
GTID:2416330548962533Subject:Political Theory
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The so-called nudge means that people can make the best choices by improving the choice structure and guiding people to freedom.Nudge involves people's choices and can influence people's choices.It can help people to make the best choices freely and realize some important values.Nudge thus becomes an important policy tool.However,government nudges may also damage important values and face the same justification problems as policy tools such as enforcement.Governmental implemented nudge can achieve important values and bring a lot of convenience to our lives.If we are focus on welfare,we will support those who reduce people making unfavorable choices about themselves.Because most of the time,people's self-selected ways of achieving goals are problematic.Nudge is devoted to helping people determine the best means to achieve their own goals.Nudge will promote people's learning.Some education-type nudges,such as in the process of financial poverty alleviation,the Poverty Alleviation Commissioner provides free financial training courses to those farmers who have loan needs.People really understand the related knowledge of financial loans,so as to make proper loan choices.The government has implemented a way of nudge regulation,constantly streamlining procedures and ways of working.Simplify the procedures,simplify administrative examination and approval,improve the work efficiency of the government departments,and reduce the government departments policies that high cost without practical effect.In view of the cognitive defects of human cognition,it helps people to get rid of the bondage of various prejudices.The nudge can enable people to see through the deception of various cognitive biases to make the best choices that are in the real interest.At the same time,governmental implemented nudge may also hurt some values.Choice has a clear and powerful tool value: Let people get what they want in their lives.People have the freedom to make choices that directly affect the well-being of their lives.Therefore,the right to make choices is essential.However,in some cases nudge may infringe the right of people to make their own choices.Nudge may sometimes infringe on dignity,treat normal adults as young children,treat them as children,or create strong negative emotions such as inferiority feelings,insults,etc,causing emotional loss and treating people impertinently,violated dignity.When they are ignorant or biased officials,governmental implemented nudges such situations are ineffective,even will harm people's interests.Government implemented nudges can achieve some important value,but it can also hurt some value.When governmental nudges can achieve significant value and avoid damaging some value as much as possible,people will support the governmental nudges and the nudges will be justified.When the government nudges can only achieve a small amount of value,but more damage to important values,the governmental nudges is driven by strong opposition.At this point,the government's nudges may have justification issues,and even may not be justified.When conditions are complex problems,Selectors actively request nudges,language and program simple,transparent,easy to accept public supervision,meet the personalized needs and less damaging autonomy etc,nudges are more likely to have justification.
Keywords/Search Tags:nudge, value, choice architecture, cognitive bias, welfare
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