Law
Friederike Simone Niemann (geb. Kunzendorf)
Gelenkter Wille
Das Nudging-Konzept zwischen Selbstbestimmungsfreiheit und Rechtsstaatsprinzip
[Guided Will. The Concept of Nudging between the Freedom of Self-Determination and Constitutional Principle.]
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Published in German.
Nudging people towards making choices instead of coercing them is a technique already broadly used by the state. Indirect incentives and deterrents are used to steer citizens in a certain direction and reshape their wills. But is the concept of nudging compatible with the idea of autonomy, a guiding principle of the German constitution?