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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460512903321

Autore

Sunstein Cass R.

Titolo

Choosing not to choose : understanding the value of choice / / Cass R. Sunstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-023171-8

0-19-023170-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Disciplina

153.8/3

Soggetti

Choice (Psychology)

Decision making

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Choosing Not to Choose; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction Choices; Part One Human Behavior; 1. Deciding by Default; 2. Choosing Anyway; Part Two Morality and Politics; 3. Informed Choosers and Bad Defaults; 4. Embracing Choice; 5. Choice-Requiring Paternalism; Part Three The Future; 6. Personalization; 7. Yours by Default? Predictive Shopping; 8. Coercion; Conclusion Free by Default; Acknowledgments; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Our ability to make choices is fundamental to our sense of ourselves as human beings, and essential to the political values of freedom-protecting nations. Whom we love; where we work; how we spend our time; what we buy; such choices define us in the eyes of ourselves and others, and much blood and ink has been spilt to establish and protect our rights to make them freely. Choice can also be a burden. Our cognitive capacity to research and make the best decisions is limited, so every active choice comes at a cost. In modern life the requirement to make active choices can often be overwhelming.