Tolerance : between forbearance and acceptance / Hans Oberdiek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oberdiek, Hans, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toleration.

Physical Description:

ix, 182 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2001]

Summary:

Summary Of The Book: Living in a world divided by deep differences requires us to exercise tolerance toward those with whom we disagree. A deeper understanding of what tolerance requires leads us to see that it demands more than grudgingly accepting that of which we disapprove. Toleration so conceived may be necessary, but it has little appeal, and certainly cannot serve as either a central or unifying doctrine in a thriving moral or political philosophy. Conceived more widely, however, tolerance can be seen to occupy the difficult and contested terrain between merely putting up with and accepting others. Written in a style that is inviting and engaging, this book makes a forceful and distinctive argument -- a deep commitment to tolerance inclines us to engage with those of whom we are tolerant, and thus creates the possibility of both respect and acceptance.

Contents:

1 Tolerance: An Impossible Virtue? 1

2 Puzzles and Paradoxes of Tolerance 9

3 Shades of Tolerance 23

4 The Circumstances of Tolerance 37

5 The Intolerable 57

6 Thomas Aquinas and John Locke on Toleration 69

7 Regimes of Toleration 87

8 A Liberal Argument for Tolerance 111

9 Objections and Replies 143.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-179) and index.

ISBN:

0847687864

OCLC:

45604024