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    Supports→Whether an action is wrong depends on whether it is optimal to apply sanctions to that action

    Mill holds that whether sanctions ought to be applied to an action depends upon the utility or expediency of doing so

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    Notice that these relationships among duty, justice, and rights do not yet introduce any utilitarian elements. But Mill does think that whether sanctions ought to be applied to an action—and hence whether it is wrong—and whether society ought to enforce an individual’s claim—and hence whether she has a right—both depend upon the utility or expediency of doing so (V 25). He does not say precisely what standard of expediency he has in mind. In particular, he does not say whether the relevant test

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