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Government and politics
What is Tolerance?
This exercise provides interactive discussion prompters and tasks that help students to reflect carefully on what they think tolerance really means. It should form the basis for two 1-hour lessons, for secondary students between ages 14 - 18.
The aim is to foster a critical discussion about tolerant societies, and to help students to reflect upon whether there is a distinction between tolerance and cultural/ moral relativism.
How can tolerance be a principled approach that is fair to both individuals and communities?
Is tolerance fair to **all **citizens?
Does a tolerant state promote genuine** intellectual** diversity?
How can a state promote tolerance without becoming an intolerant state, i.e. without promoting censorship of controversial ideas?