Listen "Is Tolerance a Virtue?"
Episode Synopsis
For an idea so often discussed and debated, tolerance is a relatively recent virtue. Why did it become so popular? And is it overrated? Nathan Clarkson and Joseph Holmes discuss.
Merriam Webster definition of Tolerance: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tolerance
History of the virtue of tolerance: https://iep.utm.edu/tolerati/#H2
Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance: https://www.freiheit.org/mexico/limits-tolerance-poppers-paradox#:~:text=In%20practical%20terms%2C%20Popper%20tells,should%20be%20admitted%20without%20limits.
Criticism of Popper’s Paradox: https://markmanson.net/the-paradox-of-tolerance
Tolerance is Not a Virtue: https://www.equip.org/articles/is-tolerance-a-virtue/
Merriam Webster definition of Tolerance: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tolerance
History of the virtue of tolerance: https://iep.utm.edu/tolerati/#H2
Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance: https://www.freiheit.org/mexico/limits-tolerance-poppers-paradox#:~:text=In%20practical%20terms%2C%20Popper%20tells,should%20be%20admitted%20without%20limits.
Criticism of Popper’s Paradox: https://markmanson.net/the-paradox-of-tolerance
Tolerance is Not a Virtue: https://www.equip.org/articles/is-tolerance-a-virtue/
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