Rather than undermining it, this book argues that moral conflict is necessary for a liberal political community. It develops a new philosophical basis for political association based on an innovative account of the way journey narratives in literature shed light on the possibilities for solidarity in modern democratic societies.

This book articulates a new perspective on public morality in uncertain times by defending a radical re-orientation of civic ethics away from the pursuit of the good society and toward the prevention of the great evils of human life.

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.