2.1 Tolerance and dialogue

Honelako gehiago

the medieval ballad

by chiara luppi

Unit 3: Intimate Relationships

by Marwa Omar

HOW CAN THE RELIGIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST (JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM) DIALOGUE TO BRING WORLD PEACE?

by RIDA BATOOL

United States Foreign Policy & The Cold War

by John Phan

Tolerance and dialogue

videos and articles

dissidents in democracies

aphorisms

People disagree less because they don't think rather than because they think differently.

The lost art of democratic debate

Dialogue

Requisites

Reason

Head/ butt

Truth

Dilemma

Respect?

Polarisation

Tolerance

What is it?

tolerance (of/for somebody/something)the quality of being willing to accept or tolerate somebody/something, especially opinions or behaviour that you may not agree with, or people who are not like you

tolerance (to something) the ability to suffer something, especially pain, difficult conditions, etc., without being harmed

• tolerance to cold
• Tolerance to alcohol decreases with age.

Is there a limit?

Is it good?

to allow somebody to do something that you do not agree with or like

SYNONYM put up with somebody/something

•  tolerate something Their relationship was tolerated but not encouraged.
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tolerate somebody/something to accept somebody/something that is annoying, unpleasant, etc. without complainingSYNONYM put up with somebody/something

• There is a limit to what one person can tolerate.
• I don't know how you tolerate that noise!

tolerate something to be able to be affected by a drug, difficult conditions, etc. without being harmed

• She tolerated the chemotherapy well.
• Few plants will tolerate sudden changes in temperature.

Against

Intolerance

or zero tolerance?

tolerance (of/for somebody/something) the quality of being willing to accept or tolerate somebody/something, especially opinions or behaviour that you may not agree with, or people who are not like you

• She had no tolerance for jokes of any kind.
• religious tolerance
• a reputation for tolerance of alternative lifestyles

tolerance (to something) the ability to suffer something, especially pain, difficult conditions, etc. without being harmed

• tolerance to cold
• Tolerance to alcohol decreases with age.

Censorship

Internal

The spiral of silence

Those who are unwilling to speak out for fear of being isolated or ostracised.

Compare to: The Emperor's new clothes

Always yell with the crowd; that's what I say. It's the only way to be safe (G. Orwell, 1984)

The Asch experiment

External

Trigger warning and cancelation

Dictatorship

Dogmatism

The opposite of tolerance seems to be dogmatism: to Be certain that your beliefs are correct and that others should accept them, without paying attention to evidence or other opinions. Usually, those beliefs are delivered in an angry mood. 

Are you a Taliban?

Have you ever changed // do you think you can change your mind on politics, football…ethics, or moral issues (abortion, women’s rights, LGTBI rights)? Global warming…? Are you adamant about those topics?

I was wrong

What or how?

Does being a fanatic depend on what we think or how we think?

Irrationality is essential to fanatism. Therefore, the aspiration to rationality is the rejection of fanatism (J. Ortega)

Do you back up your ideas using your head to think… or to butt