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Sullivan and colleagues defined political tolerance as “ a willingness to permit the expression of ideas or interests one opposes ” (Sullivan et al. 1982, p. 2). Thus, tolerance presupposes disagreement with a particular group ’ s views.
Oct 4, 2019 · According to former Director-General of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay, “Tolerance is an act of humanity, which we must nurture and enact each in our own lives every day, to rejoice in the...
- Understanding State Objection
- Locating State Power
- The “Symmetry Thesis”
David Heyd (2008: 178) and Peter Jones (2007: 387) both suggest that the state may not be the type of agent that can experience tolerance, that is, the “suffering” and reconciling of beliefs and practices which are not subscribed to are not something an impersonal institution such as the liberal state can be described as doing. Note though that thi...
There is a second issue tied up in the quote from Heyd, and this is whether the state actually has the power to negatively interfere – remember power is a necessary condition. On the face of it, and especially if one uses a material sense of power, it seems obvious that the state has a lot of power and could negatively interfere in a whole range of...
The third issue that needs addressing if the state is said to be tolerant in both senses is Newey’s “symmetry thesis” (Newey 1999, 2001: 325–326, 2010). More recently, Newey (2013: 51–54) has slightly qualified this view, but it is still held as central to political conflict. Newey argues that where two civil society groups come into conflict, each...
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Political tolerance is the willingness to extend basic rights and civil liberties to persons and groups whose viewpoints differ from one's own. It is a central tenet of a liberal democracy. The individual rights and freedoms that U.S. citizens value encourage a wide array of ideas and beliefs, some of which may offend segments of the population.
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The following article provides a conceptual and historical overview of the concept of toleration, surveying thinkers such as Socrates, John Locke, John Stuart Mill, Immanuel Kant, John Rawls and other contemporary political philosophers who have weighed in on this important yet problematic idea.
Feb 12, 2020 · According to some interpretations of the GSS data, political tolerance, defined as the willingness to extend civil liberties to groups one dislikes, has been steadily increasing in the United States.
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May 10, 2019 · In modern liberal societies, characterized by deep disagreements concerning the nature of the good and the just, toleration is usually regarded as an indispensable democratic virtue and as a constitutive part of liberal political practice.
