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But can we always have enough tolerance ? If in your country you had a community of people performing human sacrifices on unwilling victims, would you be able
by livinginturkey 10y ago
But can we always have enough tolerance ?
If in your country you had a community of people performing human sacrifices on unwilling victims, would you be able to tolerate it ? When something goes against our morality it may be very difficult to accept. The "usual" problem is religious belief, but it is necessarily the only one.
(If you think that the above example is a bit far fetched, consider that it is not much different from what some persons think about other people eating meat).
- mkaziz 10y agoObviously a line needs to be drawn, the question is where it is drawn. A good rule of thumb is that if it doesn't hurt anyone else and is between consenting people (adults?), you should be able to tolerate it. But you are right of course, some communities feel as strongly about killing animals for food as they do about killing humans. There are all sorts of edge cases involved in these situations. So I can't give you an ultimate answer to that - scholars have been trying to answer it for ages, and the only way to find out is to keep going with this muddled experiment that is modern civilization. :)
- EdHominem 10y agoIf that country kills people or keeps slaves then surely I'm not being intolerant by fighting and enslaving them, I'm adopting their views. /s Also, if you're sacrificing someone and I tolerate it, there's no reason I can't listen to the victim and take you out as a favor. Tolerating doesn't mean blindly accepting.