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Nudging

Presenting true statements that will encourage vaccinations, subtle influence toward a result

Why is nudging justified

Effective efficient and less coercive than other appraoches.

May enhance liberty by overcoming the weakness of will

Frees people from vices

Does not involve deception or false info

Critic 1

Nudging is paternalism. They can’t reject what they aren’t aware of

Response 1

Moral goods outweigh the costs. Dr must promote best interest for the pt and paternal autonomy is only instrumentally valuable insofar as it serves the child

Response 2

Parental autonomy can be overridden when

Fails to promote wellbeing, poses risk to others and sort is limited in narrow context

Caveat

Not for all vaccines, can erode trust in dr