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| − | '''Willful ignorance''' is the practice or act of intentional and blatant avoidance, disregard or disagreement with [[fact]]s, [[empirical]] [[evidence]] and well-founded arguments because they oppose or contradict your own existing personal beliefs; deliberately restricting one's knowledge due to an aversion to particular facts. In [[law]], when [[knowledge]] of a certain [[fact]] is an element of a [[crime]], the [[jury]] may find that someone who is willfully ignorant of that fact has the requisite knowledge of it. | + | '''Willful ignorance''' is the practice or act of intentional and blatant avoidance, disregard or disagreement with [[fact]]s, [[empirical]] [[evidence]] and well-founded arguments because they oppose or contradict your own existing personal beliefs; deliberately restricting one's knowledge due to an aversion to particular facts. In [[law]], when [[knowledge]] of a certain [[fact]] is an [[element (law)|element]] of a [[crime]], the [[jury]] may find that someone who is willfully ignorant of that fact has the requisite knowledge of it. |
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Revision as of 16:12, April 9, 2018
Willful ignorance is the practice or act of intentional and blatant avoidance, disregard or disagreement with facts, empirical evidence and well-founded arguments because they oppose or contradict your own existing personal beliefs; deliberately restricting one's knowledge due to an aversion to particular facts. In law, when knowledge of a certain fact is an element of a crime, the jury may find that someone who is willfully ignorant of that fact has the requisite knowledge of it.