A common thought experiment given to me in A-level Philosophy was the toleration on the Bus question. My teacher would ask us all to imagine we were all on a bus together and question what we could tolerate. She would give examples of behaviour and notch up the offensiveness level before we left the bus. Usually, I would survive until the end (being the…
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