Abstract What is indoctrination? This paper clarifies and defends a structural epistemic account of indoctrination according to which the inculcation closed-minded belief caused by “epistemically insulating content.” content contains proviso that serious critical consideration relevant alternatives one's reprehensible whether morally or epistemically. As such, it does not demand be type unethic...

general public. Contrary to common perception, your typical academic economist does not believe that only money matters, and self-interest is not equivalent to selfishness. People are as likely to be altruistic as venal, and in day-to-day life, they are probably more likely to exhibit kindness than viciousness. Yet it is always wise to bear in mind that self-interest, even of the more enlighten...