Philosophy

Veil of Ignorance

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1.   Jan 20, 2007 7:05 PM

» redback - Pure Rawls


That's OK. Vagueness visits me too. happy Many words carry nuances that differ between cultures or societies or whatever it is I'm living in that differentiates me from the USA. happy

I don't know by how much political correctness gone mad has corrupted meanings of words. I probably tend not to use words like 'respect' or 'tolerate' if I didn't grade the terms. Their values overlap for me.

I agree with you that there would be people who barely tolerate others so respect can't make it on their radar. I respect many children's achievments but barely tolerate (soon forgotten) their noise over my quiet cuppa. happy Endless analogies.

When we discuss the common goals of a generic society, the expressed thoughts of its members range from being barely tolerated through to highly respected. A lot of wiggle room for things to succeed or fail.

"Still, tolerance might be enough for a society."

Would that be achieved by simple majority where the vocal minority would have to tolerate it? happy

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