TOPIC: THE MAXIM IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO DEFENCE‚ SHOULD NOT BE PART OF THE GHANA LEGAL SYSTEM SINCE MANY OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE RURAL AREAS ARE ILLETREATES. IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO DEFENSE This maxim can also be translated as ignorance of the law is no excuse. When one is found guilty of a crime the accused tends to hold unto the saying that he did not know that what he did is unlawful thereby ignoring that fact that ignorance of the law is no excuse or defense. This maxim
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the premise of progress‚ in every society‚ in every family.” Fahrenheit 451 is a story that shows the conflict of knowledge and ignorance. Montag is promoting ignorance by burning books‚ which symbolize knowledge. The ignorance is reflected in society where the government controls the media. The fireman’s duty is to destroy knowledge by burning books and promote ignorance in order to equalize society and promote sameness. Bradbury illustrates that man must maintain knowledge to retain power in order
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started this‚ the direction I wanted to take the essay in is on a level that that dealt with individual people and not society as a whole. However‚ the more I look into this question‚ the more I see the necessity in speaking about everything The term ignorance is a term used to describe those who have not been fortunate enough to gain an education worthy of an American. However‚ one of the main things that have made Americans Society boom is the American ever lasting questions of why and how. By asking
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The Ignorance Towards Autism The average person tends to stare‚ or look away from a person with a disability. The average person is ignorant about the condition that every 1 in 88 people are diagnosed with‚ which is autism. The average person considers autism to be a disease that a person may “suffer” from‚ and tend to label these people as “unfixable.” Like the well known character Lennie‚ from the novel Of Mice and Men‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ people cannot seem to understand the reason Lennie
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do you do? Your decision to help or walk away from the patron in need‚ and encourage or discourage our child from engaging in play with the other child will define your ignorance or compassion in handling these situations. Do you wish to teach your child to exude ignorance or do you wish your child to convey compassion? Ignorance is the lack of knowledge or information on a given subject. Compassion is the understanding of someone’s pain and the ability
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Socrates said‚ “There is only one good‚ knowledge‚ and one evil‚ ignorance.” Ignorance is the lack of knowledge. A person who is ignorant does not even know they are uninformed or unaware. Ignorance is evil because it is rooted in assumption. Assumptions are always theoretical and can be disproven. Many times during the day people need to make assumptions or guesses. For example‚ a father who has raised his children assumes he will be taken care of by those same children as he ages. His children
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Ignorance is bliss is something we humans use a lot‚ even if we don’t recognize it. For example‚ if someone’s son crashed their parent’s car‚ would the parent be happier if they had known or didn’t know about it. The parent if they had known would be angry about what had happen to the car and what their son had done‚ but if they didn’t know then they wouldn’t be angry. Sounds very simple correct? Then why do fat people avoid weighing themselves on a scale. Well now it’s not as simple as we think
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hence the phrase “ignorance is bliss”. The classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ takes place in the town of Maycomb‚ a fictional small town in the American south‚ during the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement. Reading came easy for Scout Finch‚ especially with her father’s help (he is an educated lawyer)‚ but her 1st grade teacher‚ Miss Caroline Fisher‚ does not
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Political ignorance only poses a problem if the politically informed continually dismiss the politically ignorant as‚ figuratively speaking‚ an embargo to freedom- an entity that must be dispelled and whose words must be muted or whose products must go unconsumed. Political ignorance only poses a problem if the politically informed settle on submission‚ on subservience‚ and throw the politically ignorant into the pit when it comes time for a sacrifice to be requested by perpetrators of tyranny‚
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If a person is born ignorant‚ to guardians who were born ignorant and raised under misleading information‚ in a society that encourages ignorance‚ and inevitably dies under the influence of ignorance. They died a normal person‚ because ignorance was their social construct of living. The indoctrination into this matrix can be called education; brainwashing‚ can be called entertainment. The criminals and lawbreakers so condemned by this society‚ can actually be found in its leaders. The lies these
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