The real cause of our complicity: The preoccupation with human weakness

Chater & Loewenstein offer an incisive criticism of how behavioral sciences and public policy have become complicit with corporations in blaming public health and societal problems on individual weaknesses, thus deflecting support away from systemic reforms. However, their analysis stops short of holding the field to account in one important respect: its preoccupation with human irrationality and weakness.

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Chater & Loewenstein criticize how behavioral sciences and public policy align with corporations to blame public health and societal issues on individual weaknesses, thus diverting attention from systemic reforms. However, their analysis fails to adequately hold the field accountable for its excessive focus on human irrationality and weaknesses.