FROM TOLERANCE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF DIFFE RENCES

Based on the definition of the concept of tolerance as the ability to endure something unpleasant and disagreeable, detrimental or unbearabl e, stands the fundamental thesis that tolerance contradicts human righ ts. The neuropsychophysical research of the human brain has shown that a state of tension occurs as a physiological defensive reaction of th e human brain to the difference of another person. Tolerance, therefor e, does not bring about integration among people, but a state of toler ability. Thus arises the question how to prevent situations of conflic t and lead individuals and peoples towards cooperation and mutual resp ect of differences. Through the education of children it is necessary to develop the ability of managing one's own brain so it could underst and and accept, instead of merely tolerate other people's opinions and behavior.