From the Maverick Philosopher:
If one were to oppose all indoctrination, then one would have to present every extant view on every issue as if it had a legitimate claim on our attention.
(Maverick Philosopher: Once Again on Liberal Bias in Academe with Some Remarks on Indoctrination)
If Bill Vallicella is right in this (as I think he surely is), to oppose all indoctrination is impossible. The very act of opposing indoctrination in this sense would be to indoctrinate students into the belief that every extant view has a legitimate claim on our attention; thus denying the view that not every view has a legitimate claim on us.
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How true is it that people accept and forevermore adhere to what they have been taught, never balancing it against their own (present or future) experiences and understandings? Aren’t people, especially Americans, generally skeptical of authorities? If either of these is largely true, then isn’t indoctrination a minor issue? Speaking for myself—though I think this holds for most people—I can be told what to think only when I have little interest in forming my own opinion.