Rights-claims logically follow from harm prevention itself: protecting individuality prevents the harms of conformity and stagnation, so Mill needs no additional theoretical machinery.
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A state where progress stops and things become stuck or unchanging, often leading to decline or mediocrity.
Theoretical machinery(as used in philosophy to discuss how many assumptions or additions an argument requires)
Extra ideas, concepts, or complex arguments needed to support or justify a position.
conformity(Contrasted with numerical identity)
The relation by which a thing is one with something else by sharing the same form (e.g., Socrates is one with Plato by sharing the same form).
harm prevention(Mill's liberal framework)
A category of liberty restriction justified by the need to prevent harm to others; the only category Mill deems permissible as a standalone justification.