In this article I address the question of the moral legitimacy of paternalism. Paternalism is considered illegitimate a … are deemed unable to decide for themselves. Over the last decade a new type of paternalism has emerged thanks to the … groundbreaking works of some behavioral economists. This new type of paternalism, that I call here Behavioral Paternalism (BP), has …

paternalism. The first is that whatever individuals do, they have to take second rank decisions, i.e. decisions that are equally … motivations of the planners. This leads me to define paternalism as the personal benevolence of the planners. Because they do not …