Burton Porter

Forbidden Knowledge

Things We Should Not Know

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Produktbeschreibung

"This book examines the concept of "forbidden knowledge" in religion, science, government, and psychology. From the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden (forbidden fruit), to world altering scientific research (nuclear power, stem-cells, cloning) to damning government secrets (Abu Ghraib, domestic spying), to traumatic experiences that individuals want to repress (sexual abuse), humanity has encountered knowledge that has been hidden and suppressed. We experience this denial as a loss of control and respect, and we want to know exactly what knowledge has been prohibited and why we cannot have access to it. The author takes the general position that too much material is prohibited, especially today, even while business and government invade individual privacy more and more. A primary assumption in a democracy is that we can have confidence in the people, so information should not be forbidden unless there is a vital and compelling reason to withhold it"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academica Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781680532142
• ISBN-10: 1680532146
• Artikelnr.: 60621665

Autorenporträt

Burton Porter, Ph.D., University of Oxford, Professor of Philosophy, Western New England University. Author of Finding Your Own Philosophy of Life and The Great Perhaps: God as Question and The Janus Face of Ideas: Which Way Should We Look?