Aspects of Toleration

ISBN-13: 9780415645980 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 192 str.

Horton, John

Opis

Originally published in 1985, these essays relate philosophical questions about the meaning and justification of toleration to debates about such issues as religious freedom, racial discrimination, pornography and censorship.

Recenzje

'Almost all the essays present aspects of toleration in a new perspective, often illuminating controversial issues of contemporary public debate.' - D. D. Raphael

Spis treści

Introduction  John Horton and Susan Mendus  1. Toleration, Individual Differences and Respect for Persons  Albert Weale  2. Toleration and the Right to Freedom  Thomas Baldwin  3. Repressive Toleration Revisited: Mill, Marcuse, MacIntyre  Alex Callinicos 4. Toleration and the English Blasphemy Law  David Edwards  5. Harm, Offence and Censorship  Susan Mendus  6. Toleration, Morality and Harm  John Horton  7. Toleration, Harm and Moral Effect  Peter Jones  8. Toleration as a Moral Ideal  Peter P. Nicholson

O autorze

John Horton, Susan Mendus