  So-called libertarian paternalists (or neopaternalists), principally the team of Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler, have argued for government and other institutional policies intended to protect or benefit individuals through shaping, steering, or nudging their choices without altogether disallowing or coercing those choices. These writers recommend policies developed by public and private institutions to “nudge” people to the advancement of their welfare without coercively making them to do so, while purportedly preserving their autonomy. These policies pursue values that an intended beneficiary allegedly already holds, at least implicitly, but does not realize because of limited capacities, limited resources, or limited self-control. Here the individual’s own stated preferences, choices, or actions are deemed unreasonable in light of other values the person is believed to embrace. Since they already embrace these values, their autonomy is not violated despite the paternalism at work.