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Fortinbras Armstrong

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4. Thomas Aquinas had some thoughts on willful ignorance

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Sat Jul 7, 2012, 07:57 AM

Jul 2012

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Aquinas says that if you keep yourself willfully ignorant, then you are as morally culpable as if you acted in full knowledge. See his Summa Theologia I-II, question 76, article 1.

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David Sirota: The Logic of Willful Ignorance [View all] marmar Jul 2012 OP

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jul 2012 #1

My younger sister went to the same high school that I did.... DCKit Jul 2012 #2

True... Just like they choose to forget labor history.... midnight Jul 2012 #11

Every American born into a Working Class Family (99%) SHOULD know... bvar22 Jul 2012 #3

Thomas Aquinas had some thoughts on willful ignorance Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2012 #4

That's ironic. PassingFair Jul 2012 #5

I'll cut him a little slack, considering he lived in the 13th century. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2012 #6

What worries me are the ones who still tout the guy. PassingFair Jul 2012 #7

I see that the anti-Christian bigots have emerged. Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2012 #9

I am a woman with self-respect. That makes me an "anti-Christian bigot". PassingFair Jul 2012 #10

Being a "woman with self-respect" is not what makes you an anti-Christian bigot Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2012 #12

My statement is a point of fact. PassingFair Jul 2012 #14

Another example of bigotry Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2012 #15

It's even worse when people like that swear they're smarter than you or anybody Populist_Prole Jul 2012 #8

not relevant?? Shagman Jul 2012 #13