political tolerance

(noun)

A fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one's own.

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Examples of political tolerance in the following topics:

  • From Political Values to Ideology

    • Core American political values general fall in line with one of three political ideologies: liberalism, conservatism, or moderate.
    • Another core American value is political tolerance, the willingness to allow groups with different ideologies to exercise their constitutionally guaranteed freedoms, such as free speech.
    • While many people strongly support the ideal of tolerance, they often are unwilling to extend political freedoms to groups they dislike.
    • Democratic political values are among the cornerstones of the American creed.
    • Differentiate between the political ideologies of liberals, conservatives, and moderates and discuss how they relate to American political values

  • The Political Revolution

    • The American Enlightenment promoted ideas of individual liberty, republican government, and religious toleration.
    • Politically, the age is distinguished by an emphasis upon liberty, democracy, republicanism, and religious tolerance – culminating in the drafting of the United States Declaration of Independence and the U.S.
    • As Outram notes, the Enlightenment comprised "many different paths, varying in time and geography, to the common goals of progress, of tolerance, and the removal of abuses in Church and state. "

  • The Glorious Revolution

    • The religious tolerance policies of the Catholic King James II of England met with increasing opposition by members of leading political circles, who were troubled by the king's religious convictions and his close ties with France.
    • After consolidating political and financial support, William crossed the North Sea and English Channel with a large invasion fleet in November 1688, landing at Torbay.
    • For British Catholics its effects were disastrous both socially and politically.
    • The Revolution led to limited tolerance for nonconformist Protestants, although it would be some time before they had full political rights.

  • Political Advertisements

    • Political advertising is a form of campaigning used by political candidates to reach and influence voters.
    • Political advertising is a form of campaigning used by political candidates to reach and influence voters.
    • Political advertising has changed drastically over the last several decades.
    • Kennedy - utilized television, although Kennedy's televised speech about his Catholic heritage and American religious tolerance is considered by many to be more memorable.
    • Summarize the development of political advertisements on television and the Internet

  • Clonal Selection and Tolerance

    • The concept of central tolerance was proposed in 1959 as part of a general theory of immunity and tolerance.
    • It was hypothesized that it is the age of the lymphocyte that defines whether an antigen that is encountered will induce tolerance, with immature lymphocytes being tolerance sensitive.
    • Central tolerance is distinct from periphery tolerance in that it occurs while cells are still present in the primary lymphoid organs (thymus and bone-marrow), prior to export into the periphery.
    • Peripheral tolerance is generated after the cells reach the periphery.
    • Regulatory T cells can be considered both central tolerance and peripheral tolerance mechanisms, as they can be generated from self (or foreign)-reactive T cells in the thymus during T cell differentiation.

  • Louis XIV and the Huguenots

    • The Edict treated some, although not all, Protestants with tolerance and opened a path for secularism.
    • An additional factor in Louis's thinking was the prevailing contemporary European principle to assure socio-political stability was cuius regio, eius religio ("whose realm, his religion"), the idea that the religion of the ruler should be the religion of the realm (the principle originally confirmed in central  Europe in the Peace of Augsburg of 1555).
    • By his edict, Louis no longer tolerated Protestant groups, pastors, or churches to exist in France.
    • The experiment of religious toleration in Europe was effectively ended for the time being.
    • However, French society would sufficiently change by the time of Louis' descendant, Louis XVI, to welcome toleration in the form of the 1787 Edict of Versailles, also known as the Edict of Tolerance.

  • Biofilms, Persisters, and Antibiotic Tolerance

    • Biofilms and persisters are bacterial communities responsible for chronic diseases and antibiotic tolerance.
    • Persisters are multidrug tolerant cells present in all bacterial populations.
    • Persisters are not mutants, but rather phenotypic variants of the wild-type that upon inoculation produce a culture with similar levels of tolerance.
    • Biofilms and persisters are the cause of multidrug tolerance.
    • Explain the role of biofilms and persisters in multidrug tolerance, distinguishing this from multidrug resistance

  • Genghis Khan

    • These unprecedented innovations encouraged a relatively peaceful reign and helped to develop stabler trading routes and alliances, marking his rule as one of the most successful political entities of the era.
    • Despite his many successful political and social changes, Genghis was also a destructive and intimidating leader.
    • These conquests seriously depopulated large areas of central Asia and northeastern Iran, complicating the image of Genghis Khan as a peaceful ruler practicing religious tolerance.
    • Even populations that appreciated the new legal code and relative religious tolerance did not have much free will when it came to Mongol advances.
    • He left these vast holdings in the hands of his sons and heirs, Ögedei and Jochi, who continued to expand outward with attacks and political alliances in every direction.

  • Introduction to the Enlightenment

    • The Enlightenment, a philosophical movement that dominated in Europe in the 18th century, was centered around the idea that reason is the primary source of authority and legitimacy and advocated such ideals as liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state.
    • It was centered around the idea that reason is the primary source of authority and legitimacy and it advocated such ideals as liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state.
    • The Enlightenment has long been hailed as the foundation of modern Western political and intellectual culture.
    • Enlightenment thinkers sought to curtail the political power of organized religion and thereby prevent another age of intolerant religious war.
    • These views on religious tolerance and the importance of individual conscience, along with the social contract, became particularly influential in the American colonies and the drafting of the United States Constitution.

  • Voltaire

    • He mainly argued for religious tolerance and freedom of thought.
    • Voltaire's political and philosophical views can be found in nearly all of his prose writings, even in what would be typically categorized as fiction.
    • Most of his prose, including such genres as romance, drama, or satire, was written as polemics with the goal of conveying radical political and philosophical messages.
    • Voltaire's first major philosophical work in his battle against "l'infâme" was The Treatise on Tolerance (1763), in which he calls for tolerance between religions and targets religious fanaticism, especially that of the Jesuits, indicting all superstitions surrounding religions.
    • At the same time, he espouses deism, tolerance, and freedom of the press.