Shared Knowledge Tok Analysis

Looking at shared knowledge; it is derived from an individual’s personal knowledge. Therefore shared knowledge was first personal knowledge before it became shared knowledge. Shared knowledge is the knowledge that is available to everyone it is knowledge that “we” all know. Personal knowledge is knowledge that is personal to an individual it is knowledge that “I” know. History can only be counted as history because the knowledge of history is shared but if the individual’s knowledge didn’t make him/her act in a particular manner there would be no history to talk about. In the arts until an individual discovered a new technique it was not known or shared to the others on the planet. In natural science until someone had gotten hurt and bled …show more content…
When making decisions at the spur of a moment the person is unable to remember and connect the shared/previous knowledge that he/she has towards the event and acts ethically or unethically. An argument in teens can easily turn into a physical fight. If the people in the argument have had an argument before or one of them is aware of the others strength and physical build, he/she makes an unethical decision by hitting the other due to an accusation towards the individual. The decision taken was unethical both for the individual and with reference to the fact that physical fights are bad because an eye for an eye will make the world blind. The individual based his decision on the personal knowledge that he acquired within the argument and what it might have led to if he hadn’t acted.
In conclusion personal knowledge and shared knowledge both are important in an individual’s life. Fr some personal knowledge over shared and vice versa. At the end personal shared knowledge does have a greater impact for an individual’s personal knowledge because the person will be able to base his/her actions to benefit