Tolerance and Modern Society

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In this article, the writer examines the concept of tolerance as viewed by John Locke and Pierre Bayle. The writer notes that both Lock and Bayle usually looked at this subject as it relates to religious beliefs. However, the writer further points out that when the concept of tolerance is expanded into the concerns of the social order, with the predominant class being white and male, the concept of tolerance becomes a significant issue among all people. The writer also discusses that both Locke and Bayle condemned the idea of government making determinations about an individual's religious beliefs.

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"The concept of tolerance was generally discussed by John Locke and Pierre Bayle in relation to religious beliefs. Yet, the theory of tolerance had a much greater scope of importance because its concepts were ultimately related to the whole of society. Tolerance, for the most part, meant accepting different people with different points of view that were not part of the mainstream society. In the time of Locke and Bayle mainstream thought was based on Christian beliefs."

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