Tolerance is not prime positive value. The reason is that everyone has some out-group that they do not tolerate. The out-group for tolerant people is intolerant people. So tolerant people have a group they do not tolerate, i.e the intolerant. So the tolerant people are intolerant. So tolerant people can not allow themselves to be tolerated,- since they are not tolerant [of the intolerant].
If you hold that people ought to be decent and kind and honest, then you ought to postulate those as primary values.
If you hold that people ought to be decent and kind and honest, then you ought to postulate those as primary values.
