The United Nations Declaration of Principles on Tolerance (1995) asserts, "Tolerance... involves the rejection of dogmatism and absolutism." But why? Might one not hold a certain dogma to be correct, to hold it absolutely, while insisting that others have the right to hold conflicting things to be dogmatically true? Indeed, does not the assertion "Tolerance... involves the rejection of dogmatism and absolutism" sound a little, well, dogmatic and absolute?
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For the moment, it is enough to observe that under the aegis of this new tolerance, no absolutism is permitted, except for the absolute prohibition of absolutism. Tolerance rules, except that there must be no tolerance for those who disagree with this peculiar definition of tolerance.
The Intolerance of Tolerance, by D. A. Carson
Introduction - The Changing Face of Tolerance
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