In short , he maintained that legal intervention was essential to ensure both individual and collective survival , and to prevent social disintegration due to a loss of social cohesion :
In Devlin 's view , homosexual acts were a threat to society 's morality .
He maintained that legal intervention was essential to ensure both individual and collective survival , and to prevent social disintegration due to a loss of social cohesion :
In Devlin 's view , homosexual acts were a threat to society 's morality .