Taking liberties
Subtitle: a critical examination of Libertarian paternalism
By: by Riccardo Rebonato
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780230391550
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory; Paternalism; Libertarianism; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior
Description: "Libertarian Paternalists claim to have reconciled two radically different perspectives, offering a "Third Way" for contemporary democratic governments. In this book, Riccardo Rebonato offers a critical exploration of a philosophy which has taken the political landscape by storm, counting the US and UK administrations amongst its followers.Taking Liberties examines the justification behind the different tools that are being used to modify individual behavior, and it demonstrates that these approaches are not only insidious and deeply manipulative, but that they can have unintended consequences. More importantly, Rebonato poses the concerning question: in the event that the state's objectives do not coincide with the objectives of the individual, who monitors the state?"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: IntroductionWhat is Libertarian Paternalism?Libertarian Paternalism in PracticeExisting Lines of CriticismThe Libertarian Paternalistic RebuttalNew Lines of CriticismConclusions.