Paternalisic Laws

The Seatbelt Law A paternalistic law is an interference with a person’s liberty for that person’s own good. An example of a paternalistic law is the law that says: all people must were seatbelts when riding in the front seat of a car. According to John Stuart Mill in his essay “On Liberty” a problem occurs when the government enforces paternalism. This form of paternalism is called legal paternalism. If legal paternalism is …

…help the person who can potentially break the law by not wearing it. I do not agree with the law I do not want my freedom taken from me by anyone let alone the government. With this law I think that the government is not only wasting money by getting in people’s business, but they are imposing on people’s liberty, and something needs to be done for us to get our freedom back.