An Examination of the Ignorance Responsibility in Maternal Environmental Exposure for Fetal Birth Defects
Environmental exposure is a vital reproductive risk that causes fetal birth defects,and ignorance is usually an excuse for maternal environmental exposure to be irresponsible.Whether ignorance can be exempted from responsibility requires an examination of the responsibility attribution of ignorance from the standpoint of epistemology.The standard view advocates that ignorance is a lack or absence of knowledge,encompassing three possibilities:ignorance of truth,ignorance of belief,and ignorance of justification.The parity thesis holds that ignorance is only responsible when the subject exhibits rational vices such as negligence,intent,prejudice,recklessness,credulity or negative attitudes.The modification of ignorance motivated by rational vices requires self-improvement on the part of the agent,and motivational interventions through personal and relational autonomous causes can provide action to safeguard maternal and fetal health and public health safety.