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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Have tolerant people to be tolerant towards the intolerant? This question has claimed the coherence of so many philosopher's brains. Poor souls.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago

The "paradox of tolerance" has never legitimately stumped anyone. The initial act of intolerance broke the social contract, thus removing their right to tolerance themselves.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

If only someone had taught them about social contracts, which only conditionally requires us to tolerate people so long as they tolerate us.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

this is my favorite philosophical fact. You can only have a defined definition if that definition excludes things, otherwise it is not appropriately defined. And therefore broad.