filtering information through a systematic theory to gain a greater understanding‚ avoiding situations where ignorance dictate actions and motivation. Ignorance is not necessary negative but it can also stray from being positive. Ignorance can go hand and hand with innocence‚ people that are unware of an issue and how it affects others are in a state of ignorance‚ people who choose to remain in ignorance without researching information or put forth the effort to understand how an issue affects someone else
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MORAL RESPONSIBILITY Moral responsibility is directed not only at judgments concerning right or wrong. Sometimes‚ they are directed at determining whether a person or organization is morally responsible for having done something wrong. Here we are discussing ‘Moral Responsibilty’ as a term which is used to express that a person is to blame for an action. A person is morally responsible only for those acts and their foreseen injurious effects which
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Introduction on the unifying of philosophy & politics (107) Why "true philosophers" would make the best rulers (108-12) • What is "true philosophy"? (108-11) • Love of wisdom (108) • Knowledge of true reality (108-9) • The distinctions between knowledge‚ ignorance and opinion (109-11) • How is a "true philosopher" different from a "lover of opinion"? (111-12) • Who is best suited to rule the state – lovers of opinion or "true philosophers"? (112) Political leadership and knowledge of the Good (112-13)
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justice are the concepts of fairness and equality from behind what he terms a "veil of ignorance". Rawls’s veil of ignorance is a component of the way people can construct society. He refers to an "original position" in which a person is attempting to determine a fair arrangement for society without any preconceived notions or prejudices. In this original position‚ people are behind what Rawls calls a "Veil of Ignorance" and do not know where they will fall in the social hierarchy in terms of race‚ class
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Symbols are used in this novella‚ to represent ideas and qualities of different objects. Charles Dickens uses the children Want and Ignorance‚ Marley’s chains‚ and the three ghosts as symbols to develop the theme of choices and transformation in his novella‚ A Christmas Carol. The children Want and Ignorance embody the two roots of all social evils. Ignorance and Want represent society’s abandonment of the poor and the consequences of that abandonment. One of these social evils is revealed in
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the ideas of the Party without any questions. Throughout the book‚ these mantras are constantly repeated: war is peace‚ freedom is slavery‚ and ignorance is strength. Clearly‚ the first two mantras are natural opposites of each other‚ but the last one is not the complete opposite. Instead of saying weakness is strength‚ George Orwell states that ignorance is the true strength behind the Party. It is evident that the Party goes to great lengths to make sure that no members‚ besides the Inner Party
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comparing the Disaster of the 1996 Mount Everest climbing season with the fatal diving accidents that took place at the Andrea Doria. Both of these tragedies display some of the same factors that ultimately led to deadly instances‚ which are pride and ignorance. These qualities drive the behavior and ambitions of those whom possess them in such a way that they can lead to devastation‚ which the two events testify to. On Everest the flaws of Pride‚ and selfish ambition‚ impel a desire to achieve the unique
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Kevin Chrisayrton Purnomo Brian Weydemuller English 1A Section 28 5/5/2013 Evolving Through Ignorance Socrates Café‚ a book written by Christopher Phillips that unfolds his story on facilitating lots of free discussion forum in a lot of different places. But what is Socrates Café itself? It is a place; a place for people who wonder‚ a place for people with different backgrounds to immerse their own self into questions and ideas and dogmas through Socratic Method. Phillips made an effort to
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repressed utopian society the mind is censored. Censorship stifles creativity preventing progression and opposing human nature. Only ignorance of the individual and the mind would allow a single power to create uniformity. Ignorance can be blissful but it allows people to be easily controlled. An authoritative force and lack of education are methods that ensure ignorance‚ prevent individuality‚ and hamper freethinking. Human nature‚ the inner desire to search and know‚ motivates man to seek the ultimate
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most out-standing quotes in The Importance of Being Earnest is "Ignorance is like a delicate‚ exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone." The metaphor she uses essentially explains that ignorance is bliss. In fact‚ in the play Lady Bracknell asks “Do you know everything or do you know nothing?” What Lady Bracknell is saying in both quotes is that knowing everything gives an individual what is described as ‘that wonderful ignorance’. As long as one believes what is told to them‚ those who are speaking
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