AO1 Multiculturalists support tolerance, willingness to accept values, customs and beliefs with which one disagrees, as culture is seen as critical to identity and human nature. AO2 Multiculturalism supports tolerance as it aims to protect minority cultures: the identity of humans is bound up in their cultures as the individual does not exist before or outside of society (Taylor/Parekh) or as culture provides the context of choice within which individuals exercise autonomy (Kymlicka) [IJ] showing that tolerance is a vital component of a multicultural society. AO1 Most multiculturalists support tolerance as diversity is seen as positive for society. AO2 Most multiculturalists agree that diversity brings vibrancy to society, bringing progress and promoting cross-cultural toleration and understanding (Modood) [IJ] showing clear agreement over the importance of tolerance in society. AO1 Multiculturalism supports tolerance and strongly rejects assimilation as a one-way process which flattens out cultural differences and undermines a person's sense of who they are. AO2 Multiculturalists oppose assimilation as it is intolerant by forcing minorities to adopt the majority culture (Taylor), leading to alienation, inequality and injustice that undermine the unity of society [IJ] demonstrating clear agreement over their support for tolerance.

AO1 There is no clear agreement over the limits of tolerance. AO2 While liberal multiculturalists do not extend tolerance to values/beliefs that are intolerant (Kymlicka) or oppose liberal democracy, pluralist multiculturalism opposes liberal universalism (Parekh) [IJ] so there is clear disagreement within multiculturalism over the extent of tolerance. AO1 Disagreements over diversity mean that there is no consistent view over tolerance. AO2 Liberal multiculturalists support tolerance based on the idea of shallow diversity and are not hospitable to illiberal cultural practices which impact on the autonomy of the individual (Kymlicka), whilst pluralist multiculturalists support tolerance based on deep diversity, starting from the principle that all cultures have some worth (Parekh) or from the idea of value pluralism (Berlin) and cosmopolitan multiculturalism supports tolerance and diversity to support global mixing leading to the creation of one global, cosmopolitan culture [IJ] so there is clear disagreement within multiculturalism over the extent of their support for tolerance and diversity. AO1 The conservative criticism of multiculturalism promotes assimilation, not integration, suggesting a very different approach to diversity and tolerance. AO2 The conservative criticism of multiculturalism argues there can be no diversity within unity promoting assimilation rather than tolerance and integration [IJ] showing a clear criticism of the role of tolerance in society.