Why do people feel the need to dictate to others what they should do? The authors of this piece are professors of philosophy. If they feel that teaching non-Western philosophy is crucially important and offers substantial advantages that cannot be obtained by studying only Western philosophy, then why don&#x27;t they just simply <i>teach non-Western philosophy</i>.<p>All the advantages they presume to exist by doing so will surely accrue to them, and others will follow suit in time.