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Ethical persuasive technology designs digital services for behavior change without manipulation, prioritizing user autonomy and transparency. It replaces compliance-engineering with autonomy-supportive techniques like Tiny Habits and implementation intentions.

To design ethical app features, use autonomy-supportive techniques that make the right action easy. Apply implementation intentions and include mandatory disclosure sections for accountability, actively blocking high-harm contexts like targeting addiction recovery.

Compliance-engineering techniques are only recommended with an explicit user-benefit case and autonomy-cost disclosure. The framework defaults to autonomy-supportive methods and includes a refusal infrastructure blocking 10 hijack patterns.

An ethical design framework limits behavior change strategies by blocking high-harm contexts like targeting children or addiction recovery. It also restricts compliance-engineering unless explicit user-benefit and autonomy-cost disclosures are provided.

The best way to ensure transparent behavior change design is adding mandatory disclosure sections to all outputs for auditing. This accountability prevents harmful persuasion techniques and verifies alignment with user needs.