By doing this we grow and learn from those experiments and live in the true nature of man.
John Mill writes “As it is useful while mankind are imperfect there should be different opinions, so is it that there should be different experiment of living; that free scope should be given to varieties of character, short of injury to others; and that the worth of different modes of life should be proved practically, when any one thinks fit to try them.” (Mill, 65) Mill is not suggesting that actions should be as free as opinions. In the contrary, actions and the liberty of a person should be limited, only to the extent that he doesn't become an inconvenience or harm to others. As long as he acts in his own desires and intuitions, opinion and actions should be free to practice at the persons own cost. Having experiments of life should be the main concern in everyones minds, however, the majority of people are considered to be average and practice the norms. Mill writes, “But the evil is, that individual spontaneity is hardly recognized by the common modes of thinking, as having any intrinsic worth, or deserving any regard on his on account.” (Mill, 65) In other words, people who are