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    Cases like fraud and blackmail are better analyzed as rel... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Weak moralism must be endorsed if there are cases of harmless wrongdoing where legal regulation is on-balance justified

    Cases like fraud and blackmail are better analyzed as relational harms to dignity, trust, or social fabric rather than truly harmless wrongs.

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    • 1.Fraud and blackmail cause measurable psychological harm through betrayed trust, even when no tangible property loss occurs.
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    • 2.Social cooperation depends on mutual reliability; violations damage the relational fabric that benefits everyone systematically.
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    • 3.A person deceived about material facts has their autonomy violated regardless of whether they suffer quantifiable economic harm.
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    • 1.Relational harm analysis risks criminalizing minor social friction; most trust violations occur daily without legal intervention needed.
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    • 2.Dignity and trust are vague concepts; focusing on them obscures the concrete wrongness of violating someone's informed consent.
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    • 3.Some fraud cases involve victims suffering direct financial loss, making 'truly harmless' characterization factually inaccurate.
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