Toleration Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text===Other criticisms and issues=== Toleration has been described as undermining itself via [[moral relativism]]: "either the claim self-referentially undermines itself or it provides us with no compelling reason to believe it. If we are skeptical about knowledge, then we have no way of knowing that toleration is good."<ref name="auto" /> [[Ronald Dworkin]] argues that in exchange for toleration, [[minority group|minorities]] must bear with the criticisms and insults which are part of the freedom of speech in an otherwise tolerant society.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dworkin |first=Ronald |date=14 February 2006 |title=Even bigots and Holocaust deniers must have their say |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/feb/14/muhammadcartoons.comment |access-date=2 January 2023 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Dworkin has also questioned whether the United States is a "tolerant secular" nation, or is re-characterizing itself as a "tolerant religious" nation, based on the increasing re-introduction of religious themes into conservative politics. Dworkin concludes that "the tolerant secular model is preferable, although he invited people to use the concept of personal responsibility to argue in favor of the tolerant religious model."<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 April 2008 |title=Dworkin Explores Secular, Religious Models for Society |url=http://www.law.virginia.edu/html/news/2006_spr/dworkin.htm |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118151728/http://www.law.virginia.edu/html/news/2006_spr/dworkin.htm|archive-date=2012-01-18|access-date=21 March 2011 |website=Virginia Law School News and Events}}</ref> In ''[[The End of Faith]]'', [[Sam Harris (author)|Sam Harris]] asserts that society should be unwilling to tolerate unjustified [[religious behaviour|religious beliefs]] about morality, spirituality, politics, and the origin of humanity, especially beliefs that promote violence. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page