> In this case, all that Standford had to do was nothing and let the emergent social life continue uninterrupted.
And keep watching as students were routinely subjected to hazing, excessive drinking and sometimes outright criminal behavior such as overt discrimination, hate crimes, sexual assault up to rapes?
Fraternities had more than enough chances to rein in the worst of the bad behavior and they failed ridiculously at that. At some point, adults had to take over since self-regulation failed.
Nobody is subjected to hazing or “excessive“ drinking. These are voluntary activities you can choose to engage in or not. For criminal matters there’s the police.
In this case, all that Standford had to do was nothing and let the emergent social life continue uninterrupted.
Did they have a moral duty to interfere with the students' right to free association?