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- noun Plural form of
paternalist .
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Examples
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Libertarian paternalists such as Richard Thaler, however, emphasize that they seek to “make people better off as judged by themselves.”
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The lack of wisdom and the arrogance it takes to come to that conclusion should disqualify paternalists from any position of power over people.
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Regulators and/or “libertarian paternalists” cannot possibly take all the motivations of the cheeseburger eaters into account — I personally do not want them nudging, shoving, or banning cheeseburgers because a small, medium, or large portion of those eaters are making their decision irrationally.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism 2010
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Ben White: The lack of wisdom and the arrogance it takes to come to that conclusion should disqualify paternalists from any position of power over people.
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But the libertarian paternalists ought at least to be honest with themselves.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism 2010
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The paternalists will say that people are ignorant (tourists in London), stupid, don't understand the costs, or even if they do they can't discount them to the present.
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The constitution is little more than toilet paper for the paternalists in DC.
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The kicker is that the elite paternalists have no incentive to pursue any policy whose real effect is to elevate the downtrodden, and so they don't.
Against Paternalism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The constitution is little more than toilet paper for the paternalists in DC.
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This kind of ignorance might not be a problem for traditional paternalists, who sought to make individuals do the “objectively” right thing without reference to their own preferences.
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