Possession of Knowledge Tok

TOK Outline Essay title The possession of noesis carries an estimable state. Evaluate this claim. What cognition issues I think are involved How can you possess knowledge? How do you acquire it and do these ways affect your responsibility of imparting it on others? How is the knowledge you contribute affected by your personal ethics? Some people would have no problem grown out certain pieces of knowledge while others would be very trouble crowing out simply the same information. How can one know when they are ethically prudent?How do you know how Brobdingnagian the impact of the knowledge you are giving ordain have on the recipient? Ways of knowing, Areas of knowledge that are involved. Ways of knowing oReason Has huge relevance to the essay title. You use reason to decide how the knowledge you have will affect the recipient and if it is ethically responsible to do this. oEmotion Emotion will ever so affect your decisions when doing something, For example if you dont w ant to say something to someone as it may have them but they have a right to know.Introduction State my view on the claim, whether I agree/ discord oI agree with the statement preceding(prenominal), its up to you whether or not to impart certain knowledge you have, depending on the situation. individual youre speaking to, what the knowledge is, how it will affect them. Thesis statement. 2nd separate Try and condone the knowledge issues How can one know when they are ethically responsible etc. See above for a list of some knowledge issues. Discuss ethics, possession of knowledge rd paragraph State number 1 area of knowledge Ethics State an example linking the AOK to the title. oAlbert Einsteins involvement in the founding of the atom bomb. Knew it was going to be used in warfare. Link it to the thesis statement, for and against oAs a scientist ethically responsible to impart his findings to the world. oBut as a human beings being he could have kept it to himself in vagabon d to save peoples lives Make sure that both sides of the argument are stated. 4th carve up Same as 2nd paragraph except with second area of knowledge Natural and human sciences. Biology example would be Ben Johnson at the 1988 olympic. Doctors ethical responsibility to give him the drugs knowing their effect and the details while Ben Johnson just trusted his professional ability. Economics Bank crisis in 2008. Did the banks have an ethical responsibility to tell the public that their bills was being used for other things, instead of just letting the money be lost and telling them after they had invested it all. th paragraph Explain how ways of knowing will be linked to the claim Reason Provide example. oIf someone stops you on the street and asks for directions consequently you use reason to determine that it seems perfectly fine for you to impart the knowledge you have and that it coincides with your ethics. 6th paragraph Same as above with other way of knowing emotion oA doctor giving the results of tests to a patient and telling them that they are terminally ill.They may not want to impart that knowledge as they know it will greatly affect the person and emotionally you wouldnt want to be giving that information. But they are ethically responsible as professionals to give that information. oAnother example that would go with this is a legal philosophy officer having to tell the next of kin that they family member has died. Conclusion Evaluate all the points that have been talked about. restate your thesis statement and talk about if you agree/ disagree again. Dont bring up any new points Round off the essay nicely, no trailing points.