According to the fourth paragraph of the passage, what specifically does Bentham characterize as preference of ignora...
Mazenon July 26, 2022
Preference "of" versus preference "to"
Hi,
Had the question stem substituted the word "of" for the word "to", i.e. "According to the fourth paragraph of the passage, what specifically does Bentham characterize as preference [TO] ignorance of knowledge," it would've, as the result of this word substitution ("to" for "of") been asking for what Bentham would like to establish as a rule of evidence: " the non-exclusion principle," or specifically allowing the jury the determine the character of the otherwise would've been excluded evidence. Correct?
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Mazen
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I dont think that "preference to ignorance" is a valid grammatical statement, or at very least not one that one would expect to see in [American] English. Wo could say "I prefer x to y" or "I have a preference for X over Y' but I dont think that we could say "I have a preference to X over Y." The question stem is directly asking us what Bentham was talking about in line 39.