Based on Yonatan Zunger’s 2017 essay “Tolerance is not a moral precept”, mattiaq (@mattiaq@frenfiverse.net, on Frenfiverse (I think) has created a lovely meme on the Paradox of Tolerance, at https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/109/667/837/768/792/092/original/7bc0fc0d70583f71.png (first seen by me via https://zirk.us/@shacker/110325973420239177), image copied below:
This is an interesting and possibly useful way of approaching the issue, but I have to think through the implications (e.g., what
happens if this is adopted for other norms? Where are any boundaries of
this and other approaches and what are the variations/decisions around
those) before I will whole-heartedly advocate for it, but I’ll certainly keep it in mind as a useful tool.
Possible flaws
Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:
- there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”;
- I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
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Finally, remember: we need to be more human being rather than human doing.
