ESSAY QUESTION: Has the meaning of tolerance changed for the better or for the worse?
CHANGING TOLERANCE
The general acceptance of the meaning of tolerance is about universal human rights, to
behave virtuous way towards other people and to respect others’ rights. Generally, experts
declare that the people’s freedoms and rights end where the other people’s freedoms and
rights start because to be tolerant requires being respectful others’ beliefs and not preventing
others’ freedom and their rights. According to this claim, while people sustain their lives, they
should think what their decisions’ and actions’ potential results because these decisions and
actions may be profitable for their life. On the other hand, these decisions and actions may
affect other people’s lives negatively and may cause physical and psychological problems. Thus,
tolerance entails taking other people’s possible benefits and injuries into consideration.
Although some people claim that the meaning of tolerance has changed for the worse, the
meaning of tolerance has changed for the better and people are more tolerant on racial ,sexual,
and religious issues.
Some people incorrectly claim that the understanding of tolerance has become worse.
However they are wrong in some ways. They say that the family structure has changed for the
worse, also the rates of divorce, separation and cohabitation is increasing because of
intolerance in a family environment. Also they add these affect the family bond between
parents and children. For instance, Brenda Almond states “Often described as being ‘post-
Christian’ phase, many Western countries, and Britian in patrticular, present a picture in which
marriage as a basic family structure is visibly on the retreat as cohibitation, seperation and
divorce expand to fill the void created. The UK provides a model of how life has changed. In
Britain in 1979 children under 16 were mostly living with their two...