Zhi Zhu 🕸
️@ZhiZhu@newsie.social
When discussing Zunger's article (tolerance as a peace treaty, and thus not a paradox), several people in the discussion were confused by the idea of a "peace treaty" between members of their own society.
The idea of a social contract made more sense to them. And the discussion inspired me to create the following meme:
#Meme #Paradox #Tolerance
Zhi Zhu 🕸️@ZhiZhu@newsie.social
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”]