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John Stuart Mill proposed the "harm principle," which basically is the idea that every individual should:​ a. ​be controlled by social institutions at all times to limit his/her ability to do harm. b. ​be imprisoned for life if they harm others or themselves. c. ​have the utmost freedom over their own actions unless they harm others. d. ​limit their behavior to that which is not harmful to any living thing.

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C. ​have the utmost freedom over their own actions unless they harm others.

Step-by-step explanation:

The harm principle by stuart is the idea that people are free and have the right to act in whatever way them deem fit except what they do brings others to harm. Anything that can cause others harms is wrong and very wrong that the state can get involved to make sure that such does not occur again.

This idea is one tenet of liberalism, which is a philosophy in political science. This was proposed by John stuart Mill.

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