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Oct 29, 2011 · Ideally, we should thus be tolerant of difference and not of dislike and, since intolerance should not be part of the basic human rights we shouldn’t worry too much about not being tolerant of intolerance.
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Jan 2, 2024 · If moral ignorance doesn't excuse, it must be different from factual ignorance in some important way. The common view is that it's different because it's much harder to maintain: it takes work to be morally ignorant, if it's possible to achieve it at all.
Oct 17, 2022 · But philosophers and ordinary people have been reluctant to excuse people on the basis of their moral ignorance. Think, for example, about recent debates concerning memorials to people we now recognize as deeply racist.
Jul 2, 2020 · If every view is tolerated, then viewpoints that are intolerant must be tolerated. But intolerant viewpoints, left unchecked, will wipe out everything besides themselves—leaving us with...
Sep 20, 2023 · When intolerant people forbid their followers to listen to rational arguments and teach them that those arguments are deceptive and should be answered by force, those of us who espouse tolerance...
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Mar 10, 2021 · Minority members can feel deeply uncomfortable at the thought that they are, or should be, tolerated (Verkuyten et al., 2020). The discourse of classical tolerance can be considered inescapably patronizing and forming an inadequate substitute for a discourse of acceptance, appreciation, and respect.
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The common view is that it’s different because it’s much harder to maintain: it takes work to be morally ignorant, if it’s possible to achieve it at all. The morally ignorant person must wilfully ignore the equal humanity of the members of other races or of women, say, to maintain their ignorance.
