“Please Don’t Tell Me”: The Right Not to Know

Knowledge is generally a good thing. People who know lots of bits of information are generally admired. Some of them win prizes in TV competitions. If you were offered the gift of having an entire encyclopedia wired into your brain, you would probably accept, without thinking. But we should be wary...

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Authors: Herring, Jonathan (Author) ; Foster, Charles (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2012
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-29
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Summary:Knowledge is generally a good thing. People who know lots of bits of information are generally admired. Some of them win prizes in TV competitions. If you were offered the gift of having an entire encyclopedia wired into your brain, you would probably accept, without thinking. But we should be wary of assuming that all knowledge is good. Too much knowledge can inhibit rather than enable thought.
ISSN:1469-2147
Contains:Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0963180111000466