Mill argues that it is better to be a wise human rather than an ignorant pig - to be aware rather than be a fool. I agree with Mill on this to an extent. In most circumstances I think it is important to be fully knowledgeable and aware of the situation/topic. However, approaching some situations with a mindset of innocent ignorance is necessary.
I am a little confused about the end of that paragraph (at the bottom of pg 572) where Mill says that if "the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question." I am not entirely sure at what he is getting at here to close the paragraph.
I commented on Brannen's!
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