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#539 Ralph Hertwig - Deliberate Ignorance: Choosing Not to Know

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Are We Researching the Evil Doors of the Past?

A key question really profound question of the society has to answer for itself is whether we want to research the evil deeds of the past or not. Some societies give the answer that no we need to really find out we are living in the period of enlightenment and try to rectify them by punishing those people but there are also other societies that basically decide no we don't want to research them in detail because if we do then we are opening up old wounds, it will be much harder to build a new peaceful society. That's a very profound question were institutions political institutions but we also as private citizens are really facing that questionsDo I want to know what do I not want to know do I seek

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