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Paradox of tolerance

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The paradox of tolerance states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant. Karl Popper described it as the seemingly self-contradictory idea that in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must retain the right to be intolerant of intolerance.

Paradox of tolerance - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Logical paradox in decision-making theory Karl Popper wrote on tolerance of intolerance in Vol. 1 of The Open Society and Its Enemies , published in 1945. The paradox of tolerance is a philosophical concept suggesting that if a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the eventual dominance of intolerance , thereby undermining the very principle of tolerance. This paradox was articulated by philosopher Karl Popper in The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945), [ 1 ] where he argu

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