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Neither my Oxford or Cambridge philosophy texts had a formal philosophical definition of bigotry, bigot and related.
However, I reason the 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary' will suffice here.
Bigot: An obstinate and intolerant believer in a religion, political theory etc., bigotry from the 16th c French, origin unknown.
Bigoted: Unreasonably prejudiced and intolerant. Oxford (1995: 125).
Bigotry in philosophical terms then would be a stubborn and intolerant belief in a certain philosophy and worldview and an unreasonable rejection of and opposition to a different, religion, political view, philosophy and worldview.
If one can hold to a religion and/or philosophy without being stubborn and intolerant of evidence and potential facts from for example, theology, philosophy and science that may or may not oppose and contradict his/her views, it is not bigotry.
A key is a reasonably objective evaluation, even if an emotionally charged view is held.
An overly-emotionally charged position can lead to a very subjective view, lacking objectivity.
It can lead to a hateful view.
Therefore, intellectual and philosophical disagreement with a different philosophy and worldview is not necessarily bigotry.
Concise Oxford Dictionary (1995), Oxford, Clarendon Press.
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'For the record, I’m undecided on whether or not I think Phil actually is homophobic, although I certainly think his statement was offensive, and not only to the LGBT community. But I also think that if I were to spend a day calling ducks with Phil, I’d probably end up liking him — even in spite of his position on gay men. It’s quite possible to throw one’s political support behind traditional, heterosexual marriage, and yet not be bigoted.'
'Why is our go-to political strategy for beating our opponents to silence them? Why do we dismiss, rather than engage them? One of the biggest pop-culture icons of today just took center stage to “educate” us about sexuality. I see this as an opportunity to further the discussion, to challenge his limited understanding of human desire, to engage with him and his rather sizable audience — most of whom, by the way, probably share his views — and to rise above the endless sea of tweet-hate to help move our LGBT conversations to where they need to go.
G.K. Chesterton said that bigotry is “an incapacity to conceive seriously the alternative to a proposition.” If he is right — and he usually is — then I wonder if the Duck Dynasty fiasco says more about our bigotry than Phil’s.'
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