Download article

Authors: Szerletics, Antal

Title: Paternalism and Public Policy

Abstract: The article examines the concept and justification of paternalistic public policies. It compares autonomy-based and consequentialist approaches and evaluates libertarian paternalism as a non-coercive method of influencing individual choices through behavioural “nudges.”

Keywords: Legal paternalism; individual autonomy; public policy; libertarian paternalism; behavioural economics; nudging

Cite as: Szerletics, A. (2014). Paternalism and Public Policy. Studia Juridica et Politica Jaurinensia, 1(2), 6–12.