So-called nudge policies utilize insights from behavioral science to achieve policy outcomes. Nudge policies try to improve people's decisions by changing the ways options are presented to them, rather than changing the options themselves or incentivizing or coercing people. Nudging has been met with great enthusiasm but also fierce criticism. This paper provides an overview of the debate on the ethics of nudging to date. After outlining arguments in favor of nudging, we first discuss different objections that all revolve around the worry that nudging vitiates personal autonomy. We split up this worry into different dimensions of autonomy, such as freedom of choice, volitional autonomy, rational agency, and freedom as nondomination. We next discuss worries that nudging is manipulative, violates human dignity, and prevents more important structural reform. Throughout, we will present responses that proponents of nudging can muster. On the whole, we conclude that the objections fail to establish that the nudge program as a whole should be rejected. At the same time, they give us important guidance when moving towards an ethical assessment of nudges on a case-by-case basis. Towards the end, we provide some possible ways forward in debates around the ethics of nudging.

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推eth伦理：概述

所谓的轻推政策利用行为科学的见识来实现政策成果。轻推政策试图通过更改向他们展示选项的方式来改善人们的决策，而不是更改选项本身或激励或强迫人们。热情洋溢，但也有激烈的批评。本文概述了迄今为止有关轻推伦理的辩论。在概述了支持裸露的论点之后，我们首先讨论各种不同的反对意见，这些反对都围绕着担心裸露会破坏个人自主权的担忧。我们将这种担忧分为不同的自治维度，例如选择自由，自愿自治，理性代理权和作为非控制权的自由。接下来，我们讨论担心捏造会操纵，侵犯人的尊严，并阻止进行更重要的结构改革。在整个过程中，我们将提出一些支持裸体的建议。总体而言，我们得出的结论是，这些反对意见未能确立应否将整个微调计划予以拒绝。同时，它们为我们提供了对个案进行道德评估的重要指导。到最后，我们提供了一些有关裸露伦理的辩论的可能方法。