Inclusive Rationality and Paternalism: Responses to Comments and Criticism

Abstract

The symposium articles fall roughly into three groups: those that connect our work to that of other thinkers and research programs; those that raise concerns about our analytical approach; and those try to delineate principles to guide behavioral policymaking. We will consider these three groups in turn. We wish to thank all the participants to the symposium for their contributions. In particular, we thank Nick Cowen and Malte Dold for taking the initiative to organize the symposium and to edit the papers. We appreciate the complimentary responses to Escaping Paternalism (hereafter EP), of course, but perhaps the critical responses even more. This is the level of engagement we hoped for when writing the book. Some of the articles in the symposium would warrant a dedicated point-by-point reply, but here we will have to be more brief. The symposium articles fall roughly into three groups: those that connect our work to that of other thinkers and research programs; those that raise concerns about our analytical approach; and those try to delineate principles to guide behavioral policymaking. We will consider these three groups in turn.