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Embracing Tolerance and Critical Engagement

Explore the complexities of tolerance and critical engagement in society, as explained by Barry Schwartz. Discover how true tolerance involves caring, disagreeing, and permitting, rather than simply putting up with or accepting. Learn the positive and negative defenses of tolerance, emphasizing respect and active critical engagement. Delve into the idea that multiple ways of living can coexist peacefully and the crucial role of community.

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Embracing Tolerance and Critical Engagement

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  1. Tolerance By Barry Schwartz

  2. Barry Schwartz (1946-) • American psychologist • Teaches at Swarthmore College • New York Times editorial contributor

  3. “Tolerance” • To tolerate something implies a negative judgment about it. • Relativism: there is no right or wrong. • Skepticism: there is no way to know what is right or wrong • Negative defense of tolerance: tolerate something because there is no reason not to.

  4. “Tolerance” • Positive defense of tolerance: People should have the freedom to create their own lives. • There is more than one right way to live. • People need community.

  5. “Tolerance” • To tolerate is not to “put up with” or accept. • To tolerate is to care about something, disagree with it, and permit it to occur. • Criticism: acknowledge importance and unacceptability. • Respectful: active critical engagement. • Patronizing: silence, putting up with, political correctness.

  6. What examples of active critical engagement occur in society?

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