Tolerance and Human Rights
According to the Oxford Learner's Dictionary , tolerance (of/for somebody/something) [is] 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 . For its part , the Merriam-Webster dictionary , defines tolerance as [2a] : sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one's own. Finally, in the Macmillan Dictionary we find the following definition of tolerance : the attitude of someone who is willing to accept someone else’s beliefs, way of life etc without criticizing them even if they disagree with them. As you can see, what all these definitions have in common is the notion of accepting the differences in others and respecting their right to think differently. There will always be someone with different ideas, beliefs, and lifestyles, and nobody has the right to try to force their opinions on the rest. Our i...