--- Edi Grgeta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to decide whether it is moral for a designer to impose his > benevolent will through menu design by exploiting imperfections in how > people choose.
It is not an imposition, because the user is not forced to choose one of the options, since another option is to exit the menu. > For example, if the designer thinks that option B is best, and people > presented with options ABC (in that order) choose A, but presented with > options BAC (in that order) choose B, then is it moral to select the > options order BAC rather than ABC or a random menu? No freedom is lost. It is not immoral, since there is no coercion. > One situation where this question comes up is in designing 401k plans. What exactly is the moral issue? Fred Foldvary
