«I do not agree with what you say, but sacrifice their lives to protect your right to express their own opinions."
classical theory of tolerance Voltaire
Wherever you live, to any social group whatever attitude, no matter what religious beliefs or stuck, you've probably heard (and time) is tricky catchword of tolerance.Now he began to use the right and left, sometimes distorting the meaning and not fully aware of exactly what obligations it imposes on the individual.Why do I say "obligation"?Because words have a certain power and impose some responsibility.But, unfortunately, the value of the word itself falls today.And if you can answer the question, what is tolerance?
Think.Answers?And now the right answer!So, this is how the concept of overseas defines everyone's favorite Wikipedia :
Tolerance (from Lat. Tolerantia - patience) - sociological term for acceptance, understanding that way of life, behavior, customs, feelings, opinions,ideas, beliefs without feeling discomfort.
But philosophical view of New Philosophical Encyclopedia :
Tolerance - quality, characterizes the relationship to another person as a person and expressed ravnodostoynoy conscious suppression of feelings of rejection caused by all that marks another different (appearance,manner of speech, tastes, lifestyles, beliefs and so on. n.).
summarize the information, we find that tolerance - a person's ability to consciously suppress a certain feeling of hostility or aversion behavior, attitudes or external signs of another person who is different from the majority, without feeling discomfort.
If suddenly your deep philosophical thought coincided with the thoughts of the author and lexicographer, congratulations - you are on the right track.If not - Now you know that there is tolerance and be able to apply this word to the destination.
So we understood from a verbal form.Let's look closely at the content.To get started is to say that the Latin term «tolerantia» until the 16th century.It meant a passive patience, voluntary transfer of suffering associated with such concepts as "pain", "evil".Then the "branched off 'has multiple values, such as" permission "," restraint ".Most often, the term was interpreted in a religious context as a kind of "tolerance," which is historically the first and dominant form of manifestation of tolerance.The problem of tolerance first arose in Western civilization is on the religious level, and religious tolerance has begun all the other freedoms that have been achieved in a free society.Sometimes, it believes that there is nothing more difficult than to be tolerant towards people who hold different religious beliefs.How fair is it for a Russian man - you decide.
special role in the theoretical understanding and practical implementation of the principle of tolerance belongs to the Enlightenment, which proclaimed freedom of conscience and expression.In Russia, the concept of tolerance began to be used in the liberal press from the middle of the XIX century, but since the mid 30-ies of the XX century, it disappeared from the political vocabulary is again appeared in the early 90-ies of XX century.
dictionary cited as a synonym for the concept of "tolerance".However, there is one thing.As has been said, "tolerance" originally meant a passive process - the person suffers silently and uncomplainingly suffering, relying on chance, while "tolerance" is active and must be directly come from the individual himself.
Now let us remember our definition.I do not know why, but "conscious suppression" and "no discomfort" for me does not tally ... It's like a child who does not like milk to make him a drink.Yes, he drinks deliberately suppressed hostility to drink, but how is it comfortable?It is doubtful.Rather, he spoiled the mood, he will feel the pressure and coercion.And that's fine.Tolerance, as well as any other quality or feeling, can not be imposed, it can only "grow" in man.And it should be done in childhood unobtrusively and gradually.
Perhaps we have finally come to the point where the powers that recognized the problem and decided to do it.Note that we are talking about Russia, and only, as in Europe and the Americas have long been the situation changed for the better.In our universities is being promoted tolerance policy, held a variety of seminars and conferences aimed at promoting tolerance among young people.Schools in some of the more ethnically heterogeneous regions, too, are trying to introduce this kind of practice.
That's nice, but ... BUT again.The fact that our president and many Russian Ministry pay attention to this problem, very happy, but at this stage, the results are not very noticeable.Imagine that you come to a patient with acute respiratory disease.Did you give him tablets cough and go home?No.You prescribe him a comprehensive treatment, ranging from drugs to the local immunity to drug use.So it is with tolerance.Trying to teach people to accept and understand each other on a one-time classes at the age of 18-20 years, when the personality has been completed, it is useless.The disease is rooted in the society, the mentality and perception of the world.Russian culture and consciousness has always been aimed at the continuity of generations.Therefore it is difficult to accept, and even more so with a light heart and an open mind to accept something alien, something "not right".Compounding the situation of the press, which is tastefully relishes every racial conflict, religious or social clash clashes, often exposing one of the parties in a bad light.
Whatever it was, you can not blame everything on public policy, media or bad influence for someone from the outside.Everyone has his own head on his shoulders, as banal as it may sound.While each of us learn to contemplate and take over the world in all its wonderful diversity the way it is, all the futile attempts to impose anything "from above" will only cause more negative and rejection of society.So, look at the wider world;look at the bright side;Try on another "skin";Be tolerant of each other.From tolerance to tolerance only a few steps.In our power to make life brighter for future generations, secure and free!
