Is ignorance, innocence?

I'm curious what you think.

Ignorance: The condition of being uninformed or uneducated. Lacking knowledge or information.

(One of the definitions of) Innocence: Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.

The phrase, "ignorance is bliss" comes to mind. A friend of mine begs that he is happier by being ignorant, and I have argued that by being ignorant, he is being useless.
For instance, he doesn't understand why a starving child in a different country should be any concern of his. I argue that it is a worldly concern.

I disagree .i believe ignorance is innocence. look at young children, would you not say they still are innocent because they are largely ignorant of the world around them. it is only when they grow up and start to learn about the reality of the world around them that that innocence is lost

Even if it is wrong - you still know about it

Hmm.. but what if you don't know about it? Perhaps one is still at fault for not knowing, and being aware is part of being responsible?

Rocky makes a good point. For the most part, children are ignorant, and in that sense, they are innocent.
But as the first response points out, ignorance is not relevant to innocence with legality concerned.

Ignorance of the law is great! I went down to my town records attempting to get information on my cities transit system and how they allocate funding. I was told I was not allowed to take the records nor have pictures of them. So, I informed my city records keeper that she was breaking the law. In my town we have a law that clearly states that I am allowed to take pictures of all records I see fit. Sadly, she called the police after all my arguing and I was asked to leave.
They were ignorant of the law and I still got kicked out :)

I'm not sure where I stand. The more you learn about something, the more intriguing it may seem; drugs, sex, etc. On the other hand, if you're never taught about the dangerous side effects of drugs, sex, etc., you'll want to do them, perhaps more carelessly than if you had been in a sexual education class or learned about drugs in health class.

The difference between ignorance and innocence is experience...

You're friend is egocentric and selfish but not ignorant to the issue of famine in third world countries

Yes, he is definitely both of those things.. egocentric and selfish, but he is also happy. I don't know. I try to see his point, but it pisses me off.
I always send money to charities - I don't know if it helps anyone in any way.
Alright, thanks for you opinions.

Actually, new question... is it wrong for someone to go out of their way to be ignorant? To avoid political conversations, stop listening when people bring up worldly concerns, etc. Is it wrong to TRY to be unaware of bad things in the world?

It's not wrong, I would just find them boring to hang out with. Not that I know much about politics or anything.

Everyone has a moral obligation to improve or at least sustain their environment and not harm others. That's about it. Being backward on current affairs doesn't make someone a bad person. That same person could be dedicating their lives creating a cancer vaccine or giving birth to the greatest toy-maker in the world.

No, ignorince isn't the same thing as innocence.. The same definitions you gave don't prove they are the same as the definition of innocence has the word understanding and that is not the same as not knowing something which is ignorance, innocence is not being able to understand big life matters because they exceed the range of things a person can understand, for instance if you ask a child what war is or give the child a book about war or explain it to them they will not be able to process it as their mind cannot see why or how a person could do these cruel actions, because their hearts cannot imagine being in that situation or doing that type of thing. But if you inform an ignorant person of war and explain it to them they will eventually understand because they know of they world and can get into the mind of a criminal or soldier. And a person doesn't have to be young to be innocent, a person can be innocent by inexperience or having as we say a "pure heart".

Anyone who is concerned about a poor child they may not even know is guilty of love in the first digree. To love the innocent is naturally not ignorant nor is it unnatural to love the guilty though many need supernatural aid to do so

I think it very much depends on the information.

Is knowing the truth of a situation going to be a burden or a joy? You see this regularly with political situtions that are unpleasant. Many people would rather be ignorant of them than carry the burden of knowing the truth.

On the flipside, who'd want to ignore pleasant and enriching information?

Ignorance is bliss if it would be hell to know the truth.

And you can quote me on that.

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