The quickest solution would be some javascript that disables all input elements on pages where the user isn't entitled. How to implement this is up to you, it depends on how your views and models are structured.

This way you can reuse the edit-views without even having to edit them, but depending on the kind of user you have you can expect "site not working" calls when your forms appear disabled.

patterns or solution that would be considered best practice or recommended if I was starting from scratch.

The proper way to go would be DisplayTemplates and EditorTemplates with proper viewmodels, but from your "create a new view for everyone of my screens and that seems like a lot of work" comment I gather you're not interested in that.

So I'd go with the former. Please make sure you check the permissions in the [HttpPost] action methods, as malicious users can easily re-enable the form and post it anyway.

The quickest solution would be some javascript that disables all input elements on pages where the user isn't entitled. How to implement this is up to you, it depends on how your views and models are structured.

This way you can reuse the edit-views without even having to edit them, but depending on the kind of user you have you can expect "site not working" calls when your forms appear disabled.

patterns or solution that would be considered best practice or recommended if I was starting from scratch.

The proper way to go would be DisplayTemplates and EditorTemplates with proper viewmodels, but from your "create a new view for everyone of my screens and that seems like a lot of work" comment I gather you're not interested in that.

So I'd go with the former. Please make sure you check the permissions in the [HttpPost] action methods, as malicious users can easily re-enable the form and post it anyway.