The Ethics of Compulsory State Education (w/ Crispin Sartwell and Dan Kaufman)

Crispin Sartwell (Dickinson College, Entanglements) returns to Sophia to talk about the issues he has with compulsory, state-sponsored k-12 education.

10:50 - Crispin’s schooling experience in Washington DC
20:20 - The tension between learning and compulsion / Formal Compulsion and oppressive atmospheres
25:50 - Compulsion of minors considered more generally
32:20 - What, specifically, is wrong with the fact that my 10-year-old had to go to school? Economic motives; interference by tech moguls; and elitist social engineering.
35:50 - Preparing young people so they can function in the economy. And what would my ten-year-old be doing, if not going to school?
45:50 - Compulsory vaccination for children and more generally.
48:30 - Serious flaws in the way we educate children and adolescents. The negative influence of social and psychological science and pharmacology.
54:30 - Preparing young people for a world in which being coerced and compelled is part of life.
58:50 - Compulsory and public education and equality.