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    It is not the case that Mill's own 'proof' in Utilitarianism chapter 5 concedes justice has a 'peculiar sentiment' attached to it, suggesting its normative force is not reducible to aggregated welfare.

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    • 1.Mill's sentiments arise FROM utility calculations over time; their distinctiveness reflects learned associations, not irreducible normativity.
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    • 2.Acknowledging justice has unique phenomenology doesn't prove its normative force escapes utilitarian explanation—emotions are still utility-tracking.
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    • 3.Mill ultimately grounds justice in social utility and human flourishing, making the 'peculiar sentiment' explanatory supplement rather than counterevidence.
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    • 1.Mill explicitly states justice involves a distinctive emotional quality absent from other utilities, indicating irreducible normative content.
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    • 2.If justice were merely aggregated welfare, its characteristic demand for impartiality and rights-protection would be contingent rather than constitutive.
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    • 3.The 'peculiar sentiment' Mill identifies functions as a constraint on utility-maximization, not merely its instrument or consequence.
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