The concept of nudge and its moral significance: A reply to Ashcroft, Bovens, Dworkin, Welch, and Wertheimer

Journal of Medical Ethics 39 (8):2012-101112 (2013)
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I warmly thank Richard Ashcroft, Luc Bovens, Gerald Dworkin, Brynn Welch, and Alan Wertheimer for their insightful comments on my article. As I do not have the space to discuss all the questions they raise, I will focus on four concerns that run through my commentators’ responses...

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Salvaging the concept of nudge: Table 1.Yashar Saghai - 2013 - Journal of Medical Ethics 39 (8):487-493.

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Dual process theories: A metacognitive perspective.Valerie Thompson - 2009 - In Keith Frankish & Jonathan St B. T. Evans (eds.), In Two Minds: Dual Processes and Beyond. Oxford University Press.
Should 'nudge' be salvaged?Alan Wertheimer - 2013 - Journal of Medical Ethics 39 (8):498-499.
Dual process theories: A metacognitive perspective.Valerie A. Thompson - 2009 - In Two Minds: Dual Processes and Beyond. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

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