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    Aquinas himself distinguishes vincible from invincible ig... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→One's conscience is binding upon oneself even when one's conscience is utterly mistaken and directs awful misdeeds.

    Aquinas himself distinguishes vincible from invincible ignorance, holding that vincibly ignorant agents bear responsibility for correcting their false beliefs before acting.

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    • 1.Moral agents have a duty to acquire relevant knowledge before acting, since ignorance doesn't eliminate consequences of harmful choices.
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    • 2.Distinguishing vincible from invincible ignorance preserves human dignity by holding people accountable only for correctable failures.
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    • 3.If agents bear no responsibility for removable ignorance, they lack incentive to seek truth or exercise epistemic care in decision-making.
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    • 1.The boundary between vincible and invincible ignorance is often unclear; agents may misjudge whether their ignorance was reasonably correctable.
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    • 2.Cognitive biases, social conditioning, and unequal access to information constrain what individuals can realistically discover before acting.
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    • 3.Holding people responsible for not correcting ignorance risks unfairly penalizing those with limited resources, education, or epistemic opportunities.
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