The Conversation | A refugee, like me: why the Golden Rule matters in an era of mass migration
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A refugee, like me: why the Golden Rule matters in an era of mass migration
As the refugee crisis worsens, various “destination” countries, including Australia, are engaging in internal debates around multiculturalism, integration and tolerance. People are worried about cultural cohesion, racial divides and religious differences.
As we approach these debates, psychological research can remind us that tolerance of differences, including racial and cultural divides, is a function of moral reasoning and behaviour. The archetypal example of tolerance – the Golden Rule – is based on perspective-taking, reciprocity, altruism, care and empathy.
The Conversation | Prejudice and tolerance are actually theoretically different concepts – and not the opposite of each other.
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Tolerance is more than putting up with things – it’s a moral virtue
Much of the psychological research about tolerance generally and about the development of children’s understanding of tolerance of others who are different from them has been examined through research about prejudice – and not through the moral domain.
Prejudice and tolerance are actually theoretically different concepts – and not the opposite of each other. In fact, they coexist in most of us.