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For example: What’s the right way to live? How to relate to others? On what basis do we cooperate? What are/are not the overall goals of society? What’s the meaning of life? What is it to be a good person?





These are most certainly left up to the individual. None of these things were part of my, and most folks' public education.

I would disagree. Many ideological worldviews are taught in the curriculums of the public education system. For instance, the idea that homosexuality is wrong (not a view I personally hold) is not tolerated. Students are taught that homosexuality is a valid, normal, way to live (and I happen to agree).

However, whether it is right or wrong, valid or invalid, is an ideological argument. Schools should simply teach that it occurs in humans, and leave the question of whether to accept or reject it to parents (there are plenty of other natural behaviours many of us reject on ideological grounds, polygamy for instance). There are countless other examples where ideology is taught as curriculum.


School's do not teach ideologies because Ideologies are a set of beliefs resistant to contrary fact.

Homosexuality being normal and valid is not an ideology, it's accepted scientific truth. Being against it is an ideology.

You are saying "countless ideological worldviews" are being taught, but I'm struggling to come up with even one, and my wife is a teacher

So, what is a view you personally do hold, to defend your viewpoint so firmly?




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