The Ignorance of Bliss Is it really better to be completely deluded about your reality‚ and live a still fairly normal life‚ rather than deciding to take arms against your previously unknown captors and live a harsh and barbaric lifestyle‚ but with complete freedom. This is one of the moral difficulties presented by the movie “The Matrix”. Almost the whole of the human population is living in a complete delusion of their surroundings‚ thinking that they are actually living normal lives
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In my essay I shall discuss Aquinas’ understanding that blame is excusable due to ignorance if and only if they are involuntarily ignorant. I shall outline Aquinas’ understanding of voluntary ignorance and involuntary ignorance as an excuse from blame. Then I shall analyse this view‚ and conclude that whether or not the individual is blameable can‚ in some cases‚ only be prescribed by the individual. Aquinas as a Neo-Platonist believes that existence is a good in itself‚ therefore‚ all things that
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Belittling is Ignorance or the Tip of Something More To belittle - to speak slighting of‚ disparage‚ to cause a person or thing to seem little or less. (Merriam-Webster) Belittle is the word that came to mind when reading chapter four of Sax Rohmer The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu‚ “Shen-Yan’s is a dope-shop in one of the burrows off the old Ratcliff Highway‚” said Inspector Weymouth. “‘Singapore Charlie’s’ they call it.” (Rohmer 27) Who are they and why do they call it ‘Singapore Charlie’s’‚ is this
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Blindfolded Ignorance Imagine trying to perform surgery‚ or trying to color in the lines of a coloring book while blindfolded. What would be the end result? Would you miraculously perform the surgery flawlessly? Would you be able to color each and every segment of the book to look like the next Mona Lisa? In truth the patient you would be operating on would probably die‚ and the picture you were coloring on would look like someone vomited color on it. Then I ask you‚ why should we expect teens
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Set up against the rampant industrialization of the 18th century‚ Charles Dickens classic novella “A Christmas Carol” endorses the notion that all people have a responsibility to ensure the safety and welfare of every member of society. By taking his seemingly irredeemable protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge on an other worldly journey. Dickens intends to convey to the complacent classes of the age‚ the necessity of various traits that are essential in life‚ such as the responsibility for those whom are
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Abortion is one of the most controversial issues in America today. Abortion is the ending of pregnancy before birth. There are approximately 1.5 million abortions every year in this country. Abortion was made legal in the 1970s. However‚ pro-life activists argue that it is murder. Should the government have the legal power to take away a woman’s right to make decisions regarding her own body? An abortion results in the death of an embryo or a fetus. Abortion destroys the lives of helpless
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Argumentatively discuss the strengths and weaknesses of John Rawls ‘Veil of ignorance’ method John Rawls was a leader in moral and political philosophy‚ a political theorist who argues against utilitarianism and communism. Rawls works with the social contract theory of Hobbes‚ Locke‚ Rousseau and Kant and argues that the moral and political point of view is discovered via impartiality. Rawls explores this viewpoint by envisioning persons in a hypothetical situation‚ the ‘original position’. The
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October 17‚ 2008 Ignorance is bliss “Ignorance was as familiar as sunshine‚ but now she knew it was possible to know too much.” Ignorance has become very common place in today’s society‚ but never has it been thought of as a positive thing. But in such a complex world there are some things that you’re just better off not knowing. Every person starts out as an imaginative‚ uneducated human‚ and has we grow up we learn the little things. However‚ we also lose our originality and most of the time
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Ignorance is happiness Think about communication now‚ how do people talk to each other? Think about entertainment‚ how do people have fun? Or how about knowledge‚ how do people share information? How do people find out about history? People today use cell phones‚ the Internet‚ and the television. But until about a century ago‚ no one had any of that. No one had Phones or flat screen TV’s. No one had Facebook or Twitter accounts. So how did people back then live and work? The answer is with
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who are ignorant are the ones who do not know the essential‚ practical knowledge that they need to know in order to keep their position as thoughtful‚ social beings. Therefore‚ the quote‚ "Ignorance is bliss‚" by Cypher in the movie "The Matrix" cannot possibly be true. Ignorance is not bliss‚ because ignorance causes conflicts between people‚ makes chances become a big part of life‚ and makes fallacies into truths. Plato’s equation of "Knowledge = True‚ Justifiable Belief‚" strictly applies to this
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