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A note about The Paradox of Tolerance

The Paradox of Tolerance disappears if you look at tolerance, not as a moral standard, but as a social contract. If someone does not abide by the terms of the contract, then they are not covered by it. In other words: The intolerant are not following the rules of the social contract of mutual tolerance. Since they have broken the terms of the contract, they are no longer covered by the contract, and their intolerance should NOT be tolerated. Inspired by “Tolerance is not a moral precept’ by Yonatan Zunger
Kent Borg

@itsOasus A short and simple explanation of the limits of tolerance without any definition of what you mean by tolerance, nor any examples of the consequences of this logic.

Specifically, does this logic apply only to individuals, or would you say this applies to public policy, with the full force of government coercion behind it?

In other words, is this an argument for criminalizing impolite behavior because someone is offended? Because that would be wrong…

Sep 27, 2023, 04:51 PM·Public·Tusky
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