Right not to know

How do you feel about the alleged 'right not to know' and head in the sand approaches to upsetting things that are unlikely to ever have any noticeable influence in your life.

Example:

Meddling social conscience: Your shoes were made by a child slave.
Indifferent consumer: Yes, their small hands ensure precision and quality.

Is ignorance a protected right?

Medically we have cancer risk, congenital defects, and other genetic information that people have the right to refuse, even when it may influence their children.

In that case it is, but is it a normative claim or may it be waived in extreme circumstances?

Can someone be forced to learn?