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dc.contributor.authorSætra, Henrik Skaug
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-14T13:08:51Z
dc.date.available2020-02-14T13:08:51Z
dc.date.created2019-04-27T07:13:17Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-26
dc.identifier.citationTechnology in society. 2019, 59.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0160-791X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2641779
dc.description.abstractIn this article, I examine how nudging powered by Big Data relates to both negative and positive liberty. I focus in particular on how liberty is affected by appeals to irrational mechanisms. I conclude that it is problematic to use liberty as an argument for nudging. Such an argument would have to be based on the concept of positive liberty, empowerment and emancipation from irrationality, but I argue that even stronger arguments against nudging can be built on the same conception of liberty. I consider Big Data-powered nudging to have the potential to be both manipulative and coercive, and believe that we should be wary of the effects such efforts have on liberty. As I consider liberty to be part of what makes a good society, this becomes an effort to analyse one aspect of the effects of technology on society in general. While I do not accept arguments in favour of nudging based on liberty, it is easier to see that arguments based on utility could support nudging. I do not evaluate what the proper trade-off is between utility and liberty in this article, and it is obvious that, at times, utility trumps an absolute demand for liberty. However, I argue in favour of transparent traditional regulation and rational persuasion instead of nudging, when these approaches can serve the same purposes. Should we choose to nudge, we should not euphemise our efforts by claiming that we do so on behalf of freedom.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherElseviernb_NO
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectBig datanb_NO
dc.subjectNudgingnb_NO
dc.subjectManipulationnb_NO
dc.subjectLibertynb_NO
dc.subjectCoercionnb_NO
dc.titleWhen nudge comes to shove: Liberty and nudging in the era of big datanb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200nb_NO
dc.source.volume59nb_NO
dc.source.journalTechnology in societynb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.techsoc.2019.04.006
dc.identifier.cristin1694314
cristin.unitcode224,60,0,0
cristin.unitnameAvdeling for økonomi, språk og samfunnsfag
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