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    Mill's harm principle permits any action that does not ha... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→An agreement to become the slave or serf of another is void.

    Mill's harm principle permits any action that does not harm others, and voluntary self-subjugation primarily affects only the consenting party.

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    • 1.The harm principle's purpose is protecting individual liberty from state coercion, not preventing all self-inflicted harms.
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    • 2.Consensual self-subjugation involves only the agent's own interests, creating no externalities that justify legal restriction.
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    • 3.Paternalistic prohibition of voluntary choices undermines personal autonomy and treats adults as incapable of self-governance.
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    • 1.Voluntary agreements can be impaired by desperation, cognitive limits, and unequal bargaining power that undermine genuine consent.
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    • 2.Self-harm imposes indirect costs: medical treatment burden, lost productive capacity, and psychological effects on dependents and communities.
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    • 3.Mill's principle permits legal limits on consent-waiving contracts (slavery, organ sales); self-subjugation may warrant similar limits.
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