Not really It was 6 centuries ago, when it was first invented, it has a much broader meaning now. Anyway Apple is State and Government in Apple ecosystem htt

Not really It was 6 centuries ago, when it was first invented, it has a much broader meaning now. Anyway Apple is State and Government in Apple ecosystem https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/paternalism/#Intr https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/paternalism/#Intr > The civil law does not allow the enforcement of certain kinds of contracts, e.g., for gambling debts. It requires minors to have blood transfusions even if their religious beliefs forbid it. Persons may be civilly committed if they are a danger to themselves. Doctors do not tell their patients the truth about their medical condition. A physician may tell the wife of a man whose car went off a bridge into the water and drowned that he died instantly when in fact he died a rather ghastly death. A husband may hide the sleeping pills from a depressed wife. A philosophy department may require a student to take logic courses. A teacher may be less than honest about telling a student that he has little philosophical ability. All of these rules, policies, and actions may be done for various reasons; may be justified by various considerations. When they are justified solely on the grounds that the person affected would be better off, or would be less harmed, as a result of the rule, policy, etc., and the person in question would prefer not to be treated this way, we have an instance of paternalism. As the examples indicate the question of paternalism is one that arises in many different areas of our personal and public life