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Deliberate Ignorance: Choosing Not to Know
Psychologists, economists, historians, computer scientists, sociologists, philosophers, and legal scholars explore the conscious choice not to seek information.
The history of intellectual thought abounds with claims that knowledge is valued and sought, yet individuals and groups often choose not to know. We call the conscious choice not to seek or use knowledge (or information) deliberate ignorance. When is this a virtue, when is it a vice, and what can be learned from formally modeling the underlying motives? On which normative grounds can it be judged? Which institutional interventions can promote or prevent it? In this book, psychologists, economists, historians, computer scientists, sociologists, philosophers, and legal scholars explore the scope of deliberate ignorance.
The history of intellectual thought abounds with claims that knowledge is valued and sought, yet individuals and groups often choose not to know. We call the conscious choice not to seek or use knowledge (or information) deliberate ignorance. When is this a virtue, when is it a vice, and what can be learned from formally modeling the underlying motives? On which normative grounds can it be judged? Which institutional interventions can promote or prevent it? In this book, psychologists, economists, historians, computer scientists, sociologists, philosophers, and legal scholars explore the scope of deliberate ignorance.
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396 pages, Paperback
Published March 2, 2021
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May 8, 2022
'an individual’s choice to ignore information rarely affects just their own well-being.' #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
Certainly a thought provoking collection on a very interesting and current topic. Articles range from health issues (for instance, declining information about genetic disposition to serious disease), dealing with fake news (here correctly termed as 'shock and chaos information'), and how Germany dealt with the question of disclosing the Stasi files in the nineties.
Considering that this book is deliberately interdisciplinary, I had expected and hoped it would also include perspectives from educational science and theology.
Certainly a thought provoking collection on a very interesting and current topic. Articles range from health issues (for instance, declining information about genetic disposition to serious disease), dealing with fake news (here correctly termed as 'shock and chaos information'), and how Germany dealt with the question of disclosing the Stasi files in the nineties.
Considering that this book is deliberately interdisciplinary, I had expected and hoped it would also include perspectives from educational science and theology.
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