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Tolerance is a virtue as everyone can be justified in their actions. The '''paradox of tolerance''' states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant. It is paradoxical in the idea that in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must retain the right to be intolerant of intolerance. A thought experiment, to show your extent of tolerance is looking at where you draw a line, what do you think of is a crime? Why could the propensity of this crime just be thought to be a mental illness which needs treatment. | '''Tolerance is a virtue as everyone can be justified in their actions. For instance, is a criminal simply someone who is mentally ill? i.e. they were born with an enlarged part of the brain which gave them an overbearing propensity to break the law?''' | ||
The '''paradox of tolerance''' states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant. It is paradoxical in the idea that in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must retain the right to be intolerant of intolerance. A thought experiment, to show your extent of tolerance is looking at where you draw a line, what do you think of is a crime? Why could the propensity of this crime just be thought to be a mental illness which needs treatment. | |||