Problem:
Tolerance: The issue of tolerance is very important to keep in mind at the start of this course. We must be tolerant of other forms of expressions because people have the right to be different from us. So, any person or culture that does not respect this right in others is morally wrong. I believe that this claim can be rigorously defended through logic and examples. Saying this means, of course, that we cannot be tolerant of immoral behavior. The trick is being able to know when something is intolerable and requires our action (direct or indirect) to stop it. Acting ethically is not always clear or easy, but we have to work on understanding what is tolerable and what is not. (See the web-link on for the video on the "Declaration of Human Rights"). Discuss an example when tolerance is morally unacceptable.