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veil of ignorance
Subject: Medicine and health
A hypothetical state, advanced by the US political philosopher John Rawls, in which decisions about social justice and the allocation of resources would be made fairly, as if by a person who must ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (4 ed.)
... Ignorance Ignorance Mr Kremlin himself was distinguished for ignorance, for he had only...
ignorance
Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it proverbial saying, early 15th century, perhaps reflecting the legal maxim ‘ignorantia iuris neminem excusat [ignorance of the law excuses ...
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A Dictionary of the Bible (2 ed.)
... Although ignorance of the *law may not be an acceptable defence in modern society, it...
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Oxford Essential Quotations
... Ignorance see also Knowledge Happy the hare at morning, for she cannot read The Hunter's...
vincible ignorance
In moral theology, the converse of invincible ignorance (q.v.).
invincible ignorance
In theological terms, ignorance which the person concerned does not have the means to overcome; the term is a translation of scholastic Latin ignorantia invinciblis, in the Summa Theologiae of Thomas ...
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev ed.)
...ignorance . The converse of invincible ignorance (q.v.)....
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev ed.)
...ignorance . In moral theology, the converse of invincible ignorance (q.v.)....
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.)
...ignorance . Ignorance according to Roman Catholic understanding, which cannot be eradicated,...