Heh. I will note that plenty of people will defend both cases on the ground of "consenting individuals". Including the things like indentured servitude, child labor, poverty wages, and dangerous work conditions.

Anyhow, I agree that other people may judge the situation differently than me. (I'm sure that for a given ethical conclusion, there's always some ethical system that disagrees, so if you're after certainty, you've picked the wrong topic.) You asked; I answered. If you don't like the answer, just fill out the refund form.

Intro courses aren't meant to fix anything. They're meant to wake people up to the topic and prepare them to dig further, either in other classes or on their own. If you're arguing that more should be mandatory, I could get behind that. If, on the other hand, you're arguing that no education is better than some education, I'm not persuaded.