Tuesday, 11 December 2007

This should be compulsory viewing

Not in my name Don't watch this if you're afraid of the truth.

Interesting information ethics question: do we have a duty to inform people when we hold information about the serious impact of their everyday behaviour which we believe they have a right and a need to become knowledgeable about, but of which we suspect they may wish to remain ignorant? Is there a way in which to present such information so that the recipient will choose to examine it of their own free will?

Put another way: can we tell people things they really ought to know but they probably don't want to hear?

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