"some people will just believe what they feel" - I'd say "most" and Ayn Rand referred to this as subjectivism (vs her philosophy of Objectivism), the flavor of which currently is postmodernism.
It's not human nature - it's indoctrination against it. It's why benevolence is dead among the general population.
It's a tough nut to crack when a bad/anti philosophy has absolutely pervaded culture and is implicitly ingrained in people's minds. They would have to learn an alternative and consciously reject the bad ideas - and consistently apply the new ones.
"some people will just believe what they feel" - I'd say "most" and Ayn Rand referred to this as subjectivism (vs her philosophy of Objectivism), the flavor of which currently is postmodernism.
It's not human nature - it's indoctrination against it. It's why benevolence is dead among the general population.
Can we fight it with simply truth, or do we have to use the principles of indoctrination to help people believe what is right?
It's a tough nut to crack when a bad/anti philosophy has absolutely pervaded culture and is implicitly ingrained in people's minds. They would have to learn an alternative and consciously reject the bad ideas - and consistently apply the new ones.