In a situation where someone who seems to be very like-minded is more tolerant to another person X than I would be, I would be very interested in why, if I don’t already know. Perhaps my friend has reasons that I would agree with, if I only knew them. (Some pragmatic reasons come to mind.)
If I still disagree with my friend, even after knowing his reasons, I would then express the disagreement and see if I couldn’t convert my friend on the basis of our common views. If I fail to convert him, it is because our views differ in some way. Is the view we disagree on minor or major? I would base my annoyance/intolerance/punishment on the view we disagree on, not his tolerance of person X.
There is the possibility that it is not possible or practical to find out my friend’s reasons for the inappropriate tolerance. In that case, if my friend really does seem reasonable in all other ways, so that I am strongly convinced he really is like-minded, than I would have to give him the benefit of the doubt. There is the possibility that if I knew his reasons, I would agree.
(Later edit: This was my first comment on Less Wrong!)
In a situation where someone who seems to be very like-minded is more tolerant to another person X than I would be, I would be very interested in why, if I don’t already know. Perhaps my friend has reasons that I would agree with, if I only knew them. (Some pragmatic reasons come to mind.)
If I still disagree with my friend, even after knowing his reasons, I would then express the disagreement and see if I couldn’t convert my friend on the basis of our common views. If I fail to convert him, it is because our views differ in some way. Is the view we disagree on minor or major? I would base my annoyance/intolerance/punishment on the view we disagree on, not his tolerance of person X.
There is the possibility that it is not possible or practical to find out my friend’s reasons for the inappropriate tolerance. In that case, if my friend really does seem reasonable in all other ways, so that I am strongly convinced he really is like-minded, than I would have to give him the benefit of the doubt. There is the possibility that if I knew his reasons, I would agree.
(Later edit: This was my first comment on Less Wrong!)
Not necessarily. It could just be a personality difference, and you don’t actually disagree on any beliefs.
The way “views” is usually used, it includes “values”.