Ignorance in societies can lead to violence. Ignorance is the lack of knowledge, and many people can be ignorant on purpose or they can be ignorant without even knowing it. When people are ignorant they can only see a topic from one point of view. If there are different countries that are both close-minded and ignorant then they will have different opinions on the subject and will fight in order to prove their point. Nineteen years ago the Taliban got hold of Kabul. Since then the landmines have
Ignorance is bliss. That's how I took it when I used to read biographies of great human beings, where in most of the cases, people always used to ignore them at the first place until any great invention took place and they were the hero behind it. That’s when I categorized people into two divisions: (a). people who live to make a difference, great and creative people like scientists, programmers or artists and people of this type; (b). people who just live their life typically and rely upon other
these doors, but ignorance is the lock. As a result, an individual who is not willing to challenge their own ignorance will experience a moral death, for lack of knowledge will do nothing but lead them into a vast swamp of decay. You are your thoughts, actions and experiences. You are a model of what has happened to you and what has happened around you -in your home, town, province, country or world. But in order to be any of these things, you must first learn about them. Ignorance will be one’s downfall
CORRECT LINE BREAKS IN TEXT EVIDENCE In Oedipus The King, Sophocles greatly stresses the point of ignorance versus knowledge through the tragedy of his main character, Oedipus. In his case, ignorance was blissful and brought prosperity, power, followers, and riches. However, when Oedipus was brought into knowledge, his entire world collapsed around him, and though he was brought into spiritual sight, he was pitched into physical darkness due to the grief that pushed him to destroy his own eyes. This
call where ethical questions are concerned. Like the assignment instructions mentioned several times, this original position is taken through a ‘veil of ignorance’. This term in itself is one that can initially cause some confusion when attempting to understand the idea of contractarian ethics. According to the course text, the position of ignorance is one where a person has to completely take away their preconceptions, ideas and other positions that would render their opinion and conclusions biased
In the play Oedipus the King written by Sophocles, ignorance is a focal point of the reading. Oedipus, the character in which the play focuses on, is an ignorant individual who is looking to find the truth about the plague in his city of Thebes, as well as finding the killer of Laius. The lack of knowledge that he possesses about these mysteries is driving him mad. Oedipus so desperately wants to find out how to stop the plague and wants to find the killer of Laius just as equally. However, after
among all the people. This seems like a reasonable thought, but when it comes to maintaining total impartiality, most people find that it is hard to set all personal matters and feelings aside. To combat this bias, Rawls implements the “veil of ignorance” into his position and thinks that it would hypothetically make for a suitable and just world.
the minority and the majority are oblivious. Societal problems are caused by our ignorance, thus, making ignorance our biggest societal dilemma. Ignorance can be represented in many ways, but in my assessment, the most ubiquitous forms fit into three categories of which id prefer to call selective ignorance, common ignorance, and opportune ignorance. These categories are hardly a fraction of the extent true ignorance goes to, nevertheless the best way to retaliate is to promote understanding, venture
becomes accustomed to it’s environment and do not notice the surroundings which may in turn be strange to others. Until one is shown a different environment outside of the considered norm, one is just like that fish oblivious to it’s environment. Ignorance is bliss. This is the case for Neo if he chooses the blue pill instead of the red, Truman not searching for his true love Lauren and for the prisoner in Plato’s cave, never finding the light that is the exit to the cave. One’s knowledge is confined
Samuel Johnson once wrote, "Ignorance, when voluntary, is criminal." In my eyes, he was very much correct. I say this because I see ignorance as being nothing more than a choice. A lack of knowledge or information is the denotation of the word ignorance, but that's not ignorance to me. To me ignorance is willingly doing something that is genuinely wrong and being aware of it. Being closed minded is a choice, and if you decide to be prejudice, to judge before learning, to be racist, to be sexist,