Deliberate Ignorance
Deliberate Ignorance Psychologists, economists, historians, computer scientists, sociologists, philosophers, and legal scholars explore the conscious choice not to seek information.The history of…
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Deliberate Ignorance
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. When is this a virtue, when is it a vice, and what can be learned from formally modeling the underlying motives? We call the conscious choice not to seek or use knowledge (or information) deliberate ignorance.
Which institutional interventions can promote or prevent it? On which normative grounds can it be judged? In this book, psychologists, economists, historians, computer scientists, sociologists, philosophers, and legal scholars explore the scope of deliberate