So if science and logic one day makes a good case for you to be intolerant you will then leave the tolerant side and become intolerant? That, if anything, is the nature of ideological possession. What a weird view to hold.
Besides, science and reason can tell you very little about morality as tolerance is a moral concept not a scientific one. In fact, science can make no moral claims as those by nature are value claims which by definition are the antithesis of the scientific method. So I have no idea how you intend on squaring that circle.
And the fact that you are "completely fine" with what the parent said just goes to show how little consideration you have given the topic before making such an ideologically driven comment :/
> So if science and logic one day makes a good case for you to be intolerant you will then leave the tolerant side and become intolerant?
Yes. And since there is no reason or logic behind intolerance, I'm not seeing that as a risky bet of any sort.
And you're right, I don't have consideration for this topic because there is no topic as far as I'm concerned. I used to be on the right, and I used to hold all kinds of cognitive dissonances in my head at once to explain the belief system therein. And yes, it made total sense to me at the time, but with the benefit of hindsight and a lot of experience in life, I can say with complete confidence that I was 100% full of shit, indoctrinated into a moral system that has no basis in any kind of rational thought, that is largely based on fear and maintaining a status quo under which I benefitted greatly.
There is no reason behind intolerance. There is bigotry, fear, oftentimes disgust, and occasionally just good old fashioned hate. But there is no reason, no logic, and certainly no science.
How can anyone possibly have a conversation with someone as radicalized as yourself? There is nothing I can say of value when your answer to: Would you become an intolerant evil man if presented the opportunity to? is "YES OFC! but there is a low chance of that happening atm..."
The question was, IF science would present him with the gift of intolerance (considering that he put science as the arbiter for moral truths), would he accept it?
If Yes: he´s an ideologically driven twat.
If No: why bring up science when it literally has 0 to do with the domain of value-claims?
> "Evidently you believe science and rationality is the path to evil."
I am not sure how you got there considering the fact that I am part of that group myself but yea... seems like the concept of an if/else statement is a bit too hard to grasp
Besides, science and reason can tell you very little about morality as tolerance is a moral concept not a scientific one. In fact, science can make no moral claims as those by nature are value claims which by definition are the antithesis of the scientific method. So I have no idea how you intend on squaring that circle.
And the fact that you are "completely fine" with what the parent said just goes to show how little consideration you have given the topic before making such an ideologically driven comment :/