&gt;Why do people feel the need to dictate to others what they should do?<p>They are not passing a law or advocating passing a law. so there is no &#x27;dictation.<p>&gt;hen why don&#x27;t they just simply teach non-Western philosophy.<p>They do. Go to their homepages and look at the courses they teach. (eg: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;faculty.vassar.edu&#x2F;brvannor&#x2F;110syllabus.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;faculty.vassar.edu&#x2F;brvannor&#x2F;110syllabus.pdf</a>)