TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hertwig, Ralph
AU  - Engel, Christoph
TI  - Deliberate ignorance
SN  - 9780262045599
U1  - 121.2 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)-Social aspects
KW  - Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)-Psychological aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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.

Drawing from multiple examples, including the right not to know in genetic testing, collective amnesia in transformational societies, blind orchestral auditions, and “don't ask don't tell” policies), the contributors offer novel insights and outline avenues for future research into this elusive yet fascinating aspect of human nature
ER  -