Ignorance
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514 examples of Ignorance in a sentence
First, anti-immigrant sentiment is not based only on prejudice, ignorance, or political opportunism.
Ignorance
of the law has become an excuse to flout it, and to engage in ethically dubious behavior, such as inviting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to his Mar-a-Lago resort, or attacking the department store Nordstrom for dropping his daughter Ivanka’s clothing line.
America’s Broken DemocracyNEW YORK – US President Donald Trump’s ravings against the 2015 Paris climate agreement are partly a product of his
ignorance
and narcissism.
Their embrace of economic
ignorance
could lead to disaster.
As in the Bible story, when Peter and John said to a beggar, “rise up and walk,” Africans are called upon to walk away from ignorance, inertia, apathy, and fatalism.
But the soil in which they plant the seeds of hate is fertilized with
ignorance.
There are several reasons for US inaction – including ideology and scientific
ignorance
– but a lot comes down to one word: coal.
Perhaps
ignorance
makes sense sometimes.
According to economists, “rational ignorance” comes into play when the cost of gaining enough understanding of an issue to make an informed decision relating to it outweighs the benefit that one could reasonably expect from doing so.
People are particularly likely to exercise their right to
ignorance
– rational or not – when it comes to issues of science and technology.
– have no scientific basis, and thus reflect voluntary
ignorance.
Unfortunately, those who choose
ignorance
are immune to – or simply prefer to ignore – reason.
Regardless of their reasoning, people have a right to choose
ignorance.
Trump – with his admiration of dictators, unabashed racism and sexism,
ignorance
regarding the issues, and mercurial temperament – stands at the top of this list.
To explain the apparent paradox, they cite these voters’ ignorance, irrationality, or racism.
This embrace of leaders who promise that they alone can fix society’s problems and restore some idealized past reflects widespread
ignorance
of the nature and consequences of populist rule.
Does this kind of
ignorance
and contempt for the Jewish people persist among Iran’s current leadership, coloring their approach to Israel?
This blinkered view may simply reflect
ignorance.
Their absurd and baroque infatuation was as much the product of
ignorance
of Mao’s crimes as it was the result of boredom in a prosperous society where unemployment was virtually nonexistent.
It would surprise me if middle-class women anywhere in the world – brought up to view certain forms of economic
ignorance
and naiveté as socially appropriate – could, without climbing a steep learning curve, be as reliable and hard-nosed as the world’s poor and working-class women consistently prove themselves to be.
A high price was paid for that
ignorance.
Trump has not taken these steps, as some claim, entirely out of
ignorance
or irrationality.
Indeed,
ignorance
seems to be a source of strength for the candidates still in the race.
No amount of American intervention will turn the tide against bigotry and
ignorance.
The interesting question is this: how much are price discrepancies due to sheer
ignorance
and inertia, and how much are they due to factors that are unlikely to change with the Euro's arrival?
History cannot be rewritten, and we must resist the irrational urge--whether it originates from the abyss of our
ignorance
or from the specter of our crises--to stop it in its tracks.
Rather, Plato’s point is to show that Euthyphro is ignorant of his own
ignorance
about piety, and that Euthyphro thus cannot really know that prosecuting his father is in fact the right thing to do.
Thus, a central lesson from the Euthyphro is that there are two types of ignorance:
ignorance
of whether an action is right or wrong; and
ignorance
of what one does and does not know about right and wrong.
This latter form of unawareness –
ignorance
of one’s own
ignorance
– is Trump’s most troubling characteristic.
As Trump’s chaotic presidency continues to unfold, one thing that we can know for sure is that any policy he introduces, and any action he takes, will occur against a backdrop of deep ignorance, and even meta-ignorance.
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