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InvincibleIgnorance
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Invincibleignorance in
which man isnotable to dispelby suchreasonable
diligence as iscommensuratewith the issue ofan act and withonesopportunities.Invincibleignorance isinculpable.
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Reasonable diligence wouldmean considerable diligence
as when important issuesare at stake, such as savinganother person from
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It is also characterized asantecedent ignorance because it
precedes any voluntary act and isnot willed by any consent of thewill.
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Ignorance is vincible if it could
be removedby reasonablediligence but not because ofnegligence or bad will. It is
culpable.It is described as consequentignorance because it is admitted
or willed either directly or indirectlyflowing thus as a consequencefrom a previous decision of the free
will.
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According to thelesser or
greater degreeof negligence ofwhich one is
guilty, ignorancemay be simplyvincible, if some
but sufficientdiligence hasbeen used in
dispelling the
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Principles Apply To Ignorance AndIts Imputability:
1.) Invincible ignorance prevents thehuman act from being voluntary in regardto that which is not known
What namely is not known, cannot bevoluntary in itself as follows from thedefinition of the human act; and what is
not known with invincible ignorance isnot voluntary in its cause either
and what is not known withinvincible ignorance is notvoluntaryin its cause either
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Example
if John, a cook should cause thedeath of some people by
unknowingly serving them thespoiled meat or poisonousmushrooms which had been soldto him by careless merchants, heis innocent of this calamity and
excused from guilt
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2.) Vincible ignorance
diminishes voluntariness
It does not prevent
voluntariness since theignorance is voluntary in
its cause which isprovoked by negligenceor laziness or even bad
will
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Example
a physician who has seriously
neglected his duties or furtherprofessional development cannotbe excused on the ground of
ignorance if he blunders in theperformance of his profession
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Nevertheless vincible ignorance usuallydiminishes voluntariness and guilt, since theimputability of an action essentially depends onthe insight a person has of a matter and thisinsight is deficient in this case
Simple negligence or laziness do
not usually imply a full consent to allpossible evil consequences whichmay come therefrom.
Affected ignorance does not diminish guilt.
Ignorance is kept up intentionally so that aperson may not be bound by the law and have agreater freedom to commit sin. There is a fullconsent to the sinful effects which result from
ignorance because there is no real effort and no
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Civil law generally does not regardignorance of the law or of the penalty
as an excusing cause but a reason for a
milder penalty.
Ignorance of a fact is alsorecognized by civil law fully as acause excusin from uilt.
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