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    Rejecting specific moralistic proposals does not entail r... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Legal moralism can be rejected in cases like homosexuality, prostitution, and pornography without rejecting legal moralism as a general principle

    Rejecting specific moralistic proposals does not entail rejecting the general principle that law may enforce morality

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    Even if there is considerable overlap between harmful conduct and wrongdoing, the two are distinguishable. The traditional debate over legal moralism between Devlin (1965) and Hart (1963) concerned the legislative enforcement of sexual morality, in particular, the regulation of homosexuality, prostitution, and pornography. For the most part, both sides conceded that these activities were immoral but harmless and debated whether it could be permissible to regulate them as a matter of enforcing se

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