000433387 000__ 03605cam\a2200397Ia\4500 000433387 001__ 433387 000433387 005__ 20211101162257.0 000433387 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000433387 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000433387 008__ 120116s2011\\\\nju\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000433387 010__ $$z2011003639 000433387 020__ $$a9781400838899$$q(electronic book) 000433387 020__ $$z9780691128177 000433387 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn744333838 000433387 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10484250 000433387 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC736906 000433387 035__ $$a433387 000433387 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000433387 05014 $$aHB846$$b.S25 2011eb 000433387 08204 $$a330.12$$222 000433387 1001_ $$aSaint-Paul, Gilles. 000433387 24514 $$aThe tyranny of utility$$h[electronic resource] :$$bbehavioral social science and the rise of paternalism /$$cGilles Saint-Paul. 000433387 260__ $$aPrinceton [New Jersey] :$$bPrinceton University Press,$$cc2011. 000433387 300__ $$a1 online resource (vii, 163 p.) 000433387 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000433387 5050_ $$aPolitical organization and the conception of man -- The challenge to the unitary individual in Western thought -- Economics: the last bastion of rationality -- Economics goes behavioral -- From utility to happiness -- Post-utilitarianism : searching for a collective soul in the behavioral era -- The policy prescriptions of behavioral economics -- The modern paternalistic state -- Responsibility transfer -- The role of science -- Markets in a paternalistic world -- Where to go? 000433387 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000433387 520__ $$aThe general assumption that social policy should be utilitarian--that society should be organized to yield the greatest level of welfare--leads inexorably to increased government interventions. Historically, however, the science of economics has advocated limits to these interventions for utilitarian reasons and because of the assumption that people know what is best for themselves. But more recently, behavioral economics has focused on biases and inconsistencies in individual behavior. Based on these developments, governments now prescribe the foods we eat, the apartments we rent, and the composition of our financial portfolios. The Tyranny of Utility takes on this rise of paternalism and its dangers for individual freedoms, and examines how developments in economics and the social sciences are leading to greater government intrusion in our private lives. Gilles Saint-Paul posits that the utilitarian foundations of individual freedom promoted by traditional economics are fundamentally flawed. When combined with developments in social science that view the individual as incapable of making rational and responsible choices, utilitarianism seems to logically call for greater governmental intervention in our lives. Arguing that this cannot be defended on purely instrumental grounds, Saint-Paul calls for individual liberty to be restored as a central value in our society. Exploring how behavioral economics is contributing to the excessive rise of paternalistic interventions, The Tyranny of Utility presents a controversial challenge to the prevailing currents in economic and political discourse. 000433387 650_0 $$aWelfare economics. 000433387 650_0 $$aUtilitarianism. 000433387 650_0 $$aPaternalism. 000433387 650_0 $$aPublic welfare. 000433387 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aSaint-Paul, Gilles.$$tTyranny of utility.$$dPrinceton [New Jersey] : Princeton University Press, 2011$$z9780691128177$$w(DLC) 2011003639$$w(OCoLC)687685779 000433387 8520_ $$bacq 000433387 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000433387 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=736906$$zOnline Access 000433387 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:433387$$pGLOBAL_SET 000433387 980__ $$aEBOOK 000433387 980__ $$aBIB 000433387 982__ $$aEbook 000433387 983__ $$aOnline