Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Sociologist: Widespread acceptance of the idea that individuals are in

­Understanding the argument - 
­Sociologist: Widespread acceptance of the idea that individuals are incapable of looking after their own welfare is injurious to a democracy. - Premise. How is it injurious to democracy? The basic premise of democracy is that people know what's best for them, and they act accordingly. They vote. But if people don't even know what's best for them or they can't make their personal decisions, the basic thread of democracy breaks. 

So, legislators who value democracy should not propose any law prohibiting behavior that is not harmful to anyone besides the person engaging in it. - Conclusion. Example - If someone doesn't take the proper diet or someone is not taking proper sunlight to get the required vitamin D (bad for a person but may not necessarily be bad for the entire country. Probably as a country, there are more important issues to handle than ensuring right decisions for every person in the country), the conclusion is that, say, the Supreme Court
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