Well-Being, Preference Formation andthe Danger of Paternalism

Informed or rational desire, capability and prudential value list views of well-being - mustaccommodate human limitations, as well as address issues about adaptation and paternalism. Theysometimes address adaptation by toughening the requirement(s) on those desires, satisfaction of whichconstitutes well-being. That exacerbates a concern that these accounts if adopted will encouragepolicies which override actual desires and enforce paternalistic restrictions. Sunstein, like Sen,invokes democratic deliberation to address the adaptation problem, and advocates autonomypromoting paternalistic restrictions.[...]

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Qizilbash, Mozaffar
Institutions:	Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Subject:	Präferenz \| preference \| Rationalität \| rational behaviour \| Paternalismus \| paternalism \| Wohlbefinden

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1. Introduction
2. Desire, Happiness and Prudential Values List Views
3. Capability Views, Democracy and Preference Formation
4. Libertarian Paternalism
5. Conclusions
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