Interference with the FREEDOM or PERSONAL AUTONOMY of another person, with justifications referring to the promotion of the person's good or the prevention of harm to the person. (from Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 1995); more generally, not allowing a person to make decisions on his or her own behalf.
    

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Prescription for heterosexuality : sexual citizenship in the cold war era / Carolyn Herbst Lewis.

Paternalism in early Victorian England / David Roberts.

Public health : ethical issues / [Nuffield Council on Bioethics chaired by Bob Hepple ; foreword by John Krebs].

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Prescription for heterosexuality : sexual citizenship in the cold war era / Carolyn Herbst Lewis.

Paternalism in early Victorian England / David Roberts.

Public health : ethical issues / [Nuffield Council on Bioethics chaired by Bob Hepple ; foreword by John Krebs].