Strings Attached: Untangling the Ethics of Incentives

by Ruth W. Grant

Book Overview

The legitimate and illegitimate use of incentives in society today

Incentives can be found everywhere--in schools, businesses, factories, and government--influencing people's choices about almost everything, from financial decisions and tobacco use to exercise and child rearing. So long as people have a choice, incentives seem innocuous. But Strings Attached demonstrates that when incentives are viewed as a kind of power rather...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069116102X
• ISBN13: 9780691161020
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"