| Political tolerance dates back to religious reform period. During that time, out of religious tolerance and freedom of conscience, some benign thinkers protested against persecution of heresies. They allowed them to conduct defense. Under various historical contexts, the fundamental principle of political tolerance lies in partition between public domain and private sphere. That principle sets limits and allows people to conduct defense on autonomous personal belief, values and lifestyles. Liberal values as bounded rationality theory, pluralism and individual rights emerge in response, which are absorbed and adopted by modern democratic idea and system, and further expand intension of the values.In political life, political tolerance is essential in conflict management. Political tolerance is generally recognized to achieve win-win results in complex political conflict due to different interest and value variety. Political tolerance often relies on analysis of advantages and disadvantages on political subjects. Based on the analysis, people make choices in value selection. How to rationally and effectively make use of political tolerance, especially when facing complex benefit entanglement, is influenced by value evaluation of political tolerance itself. Therefore, political tolerance is an essential value strategy.This article traces the history, inner motivation and realization approach of political tolerance. It analyzes concept of value, the comparison between the west and the east,illustration of intension and extension, as well as the significance and approach of independence, respect and communication of political tolerance. Through construction of the view of values, significance of political tolerance as the premise of liberty, fairness and conflict is revealed, as well as the reason behind political tolerance as a virtue of society. |
