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    Challenges→It is not clear that failing to rescue a drowning child harms the child.

    Mill himself held that society may coerce individuals to perform 'certain positive acts for the benefit of others' such as saving a life, implying the failure to act is a harm-relevant event.

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    Coerce(as in forcing individuals to act)
    To force someone to do something against their will, usually through threats or legal punishment.
    Harm-relevant(as describing whether failing to act is considered a wrong action)
    Something that counts as causing injury, damage, or wrongdoing in a morally important way.
    Mill(as the subject being discussed)
    John Stuart Mill was a 19th-century British philosopher who wrote influential ideas about liberty, happiness, and what makes a good life.
    Positive acts(as contrasted with negative duties or restraints)
    Things you are required to *do* (like helping someone), as opposed to things you're forbidden from *doing*. It's about obligations to take action rather than just avoiding harm.

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