The paradox of tolerance: when a virtue becomes a vulnerability

The paradox of tolerance: when a virtue becomes a vulnerability

Tolerance is rightly regarded as one of the defining virtues of liberal democracy. It allows individuals of different religions, cultures, ethnicities and worldviews to live together peacefully within a common legal and constitutional framework.Without tolerance, pluralistic societies would quickly descend into conflict. Yet, as the philosopher Karl Popper argued in The Open Society and Its...