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    Challenges→Moralistic restrictions targeting social-fabric dissolution are therefore reducible to harm prevention under a sufficiently robust conception of harm.

    Even if social stability matters, restrictions on individual liberty may cause foreseeable harms exceeding social benefits, making the reduction empirically contestable rather than conceptually sound.

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    Empirically contestable(as used in epistemology (theory of knowledge))
    Something that can be tested or proven wrong by real-world observation and evidence, rather than being logically certain.
    conceptually sound(contrasted with empirical evidence about what actually happens)
    An idea that makes logical sense and is theoretically consistent, regardless of whether it works in practice.
    foreseeable harms(as potential downsides of restricting freedom)
    Negative consequences or damage that we can reasonably predict will happen based on available information.
    individual liberty(as something that might be restricted by the government)
    The freedom of a person to make their own choices and live according to their own values without government interference.
    social benefits

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    Positive outcomes or improvements that help society as a whole, like reduced crime or better public health.
    social stability(as used in ethics)
    A state where society functions smoothly without excessive conflict, violence, or chaos, allowing people to live together peacefully.

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