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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Willful blindness or Willful ignorance; Wilful Blindness (2011 book), a non-fiction book by Margaret Heffernan;
Wilful Blindness is an investigative book by Sam Cooper into the influence of soft power of China in Vancouver, Canada.It builds upon Project Sidewinder report from the RCMP and the CSIS and specifically focuses on "The Vancouver Model".
The book covers a range of fields including psychology, history, neuroscience, and social behavior to explain how institutional and individual failure often results from willful blindness. Heffernan discusses various factors that contribute to this phenomenon, such as cognitive dissonance , obedience to authority, and love and fear.
Willful ignorance is sometimes called willful blindness, contrived ignorance, conscious avoidance, [4] intentional ignorance, or Nelsonian knowledge. [ 5 ] The jury instruction for willful blindness is sometimes called the " ostrich instruction ".
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Willful or wilful may refer to: with mens rea, the mental state of a crime Intention (criminal law) Willful blindness or Wilful ignorance, intentionally putting oneself in a position where oneself will be unaware of facts that would render oneself liable; Willful damage, vandalism; Wilful fire raising, Scottish common law offence
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Heffernan is the former chief executive officer of five businesses [4] and is the writer of five books that explore the areas of business and leadership. [5] She teaches entrepreneurship, mentors executives as part of a leadership development company, [ 6 ] and makes presentations for corporations, associations, and universities.