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60 REfLECTIvE COsMOPOLITANIsM 9. How can respect be expressed? 10. Can you lose respect? 11. What is respect for the environment? 12. Can respect involve negative feelings? 13. What is the difference between respect and caring? 14. If you respect a person, does it mean you care for her or him? 15. What does ‘showing respect for someone’ mean? 16. Is it good to show respect? 17. If you show respect, does this mean that you have to do what the person tells you? 18. Do you have the right to be treated with respect? 19. Do all people have the right to be treated with respect? Exercise: Respect Are these expressions of respect? Please give reasons to your answer. 1. Caring 6. Not questioning 2. Talking 7. Singing 3. Not talking 8. Laughing 4. Trusting 9. Agreeing 5. Questioning 10. Disagreeing Leading Idea 2: Tolerance In 1995 a Declaration of Principles of Tolerance was adopted by UNESCO´s member states. “It is respect and appreciation of the rich variety of our World‘s cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human. Tolerance recognizes the universal human rights and fundamental freedoms of others. People are naturally diverse; only tolerance can en- sure the survival of mixed communities in every region of the globe.” Since the Enlightenment humans have been considered to be reasonable beings, and hu- manists have defended the free mind and free inquiry, and promoted the peaceful co-existence between different religions. The philosopher John Locke, who was a great supporter of human rights, wrote A Letter Concerning Toleration addressing the issues of religious intolerance. The term ‘tolerance’ can be referred to as a condition of acceptance or non-interfer- ence of beliefs, actions or practices that should not be prohibited or constrained; even if they are considered as somehow “wrong” they are tolerated. But we use the word toler- ance in many different contexts, for example: We have to learn to be tolerant; the year of tolerance; people tolerate a new member in a society; the church tolerates homosexuality; parents tolerate certain actions of their children and people tolerate smoking. For analysis of motives and reasons for toleration, different perspectives need to be taken into account – for example: the relevant context. You can also find resources on the concept of “tolerance” in the manual to Hanadi, epi¬sode 5, leading idea 1 “Respect and Tolerance” and in the manual to In and out of the park, episode 5, leading idea 1 “Tolerance”. Discussion Plan: Tolerance 1. Can you think of things you do not like but nonetheless tolerate? 2. What things that you do should other people tolerate?