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    Supports→Policies that single out certain behaviors as irresponsible health decisions are undermotivated or discriminatory

    Singling out specific behaviors as 'irresponsible' presupposes a contestable normative standard of health conduct that liberal neutrality between conceptions of the good life prohibits the state from enforcing.

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    Conceptions of the good life(as used in ethics and political philosophy)
    Different personal views about what makes a life worth living—for example, someone might think the good life means artistic expression, while another thinks it's family devotion.
    Contestable(describing the status of historical evidence)
    Open to debate or disagreement; something people can reasonably argue against.
    Normative standard(as used in ethics)
    A rule or principle that tells us what *should* be the case, what's right or wrong—not just what *is* the case.
    Presupposes(as describing what Plantinga's argument takes for granted)
    Assumes something to be true without proving it—like how an argument might presuppose that logic works, without first arguing that logic is valid.
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    (Contemporary Anglo-American liberal political philosophy)
    The principle that a liberal state must not undertake action to promote any particular conception of the good life or comprehensive philosophical doctrine, and may promote citizens' good only in ways consistent with every reasonable conception of the good

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