Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The harm principle states that an adult person should not be interfered with, unless he or she is doing harm to others or themselves.
2. The naturalistic fallacy attempts to step from "is" to "ought," that is, it proceeds from what people actually do to a rule that states what people ought to do.
3. Mill believed that the government should not interfere with people's lives unless they do harm to themselves.
4. Mill was a champion of women's rights.
5. Mill believed that whole populations could not be trusted to govern themselves because they were not sufficiently mature.


1. False
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. True

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