Toleration Re-Examined

ISBN-13: 9780415531351 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 152 str.

Derek Edyvane; Matt Matravers

Opis

This timely collection of essays from an international field of experts in the history and philosophy of toleration offers a distinctive reassessment of the place of toleration in contemporary political life. Against the general climate of scepticism, the message that emerges is that toleration remains an extremely powerful idea.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: toleration re-examined 2. Why the traditional conception of toleration still matters 3. Blind spots in the toleration literature 4. Christian foundations; or some loose stones? Toleration and the Philosophy of Locke’s Politics 5. Toleration in a New Key: Historical and Global Perspectives 6. Toleration as Sedition 7. Must the tolerant person have a sense of humour? On the structure of tolerance as a virtue 8. Tolerance and Pain

O autorze

Derek Edyvane is a lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Leeds, UK.

Matt Matravers is Professor of Political Philosophy and Director of the Morrell Centre for Toleration at the University of York, UK.