 One moral issue that has to be addressed even when the item in question is unequivocally a public good to everyone affected by its provision is that of paternalism (see entry on  paternalism).  It is by no means obvious that a coercive government intervention, even one that makes everyone better off is justified. Austrian-School economist Hans-Herrmann Hoppe expresses scepticism about the permissibility of such interventions when he writes: