Mill worries that viewpoints are likely to become meaningless if they are not
A) understood in the context of the opposing viewpoint.
B) enforced paternalistically by the state.
C) accepting as dogma or doctrine on the part of those who believe them.
D) none of the above.

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Mill argues that understanding opposing viewpoints is necessary for our own viewpoints to have any real substance or meaning. Without understanding other points of view and their arguments, our own beliefs may fall into dogma or become meaningless. Enforced paternalism or blind acceptance as doctrine would not solve this problem.

Mill Worries That Viewpoints Are Likely to Become Meaningless If