The career of toleration : John Locke, Jonas Proast, and after / Richard Vernon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vernon, Richard, 1945-

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 21.

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Locke, John, 1632-1704--Views on toleration.

Locke, John.

Proast, Jonas--Views on toleration.

Proast, Jonas.

Locke, John, 1632-1704. Epistola de tolerantia.

Toleration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Career of Toleration considers the Locke-Proast controversy from the standpoint of political theory, examining Locke's and Proast's texts and tracing their relationship to later discussions of toleration. Vernon reconstructs the grounds of the dispute, drawing attention to the long-term importance of the arguments and evaluating their relative strength. He then examines issues of toleration in later contexts, specifically James Fitzjames Stephen's critique of John Stuart Mill, the perfectionist alternative to contractualist liberalism, and the view that the traditional attachment to toleration must, by the force of its own arguments, move from liberalism to a defence of a much stronger form of democracy. Arguing that Locke's and Proast's exchange marks a turning point in the intellectual history that has helped to structure the terms of modern political debate, Vernon presents a solid case for thinking that the exchange between Locke and Proast is as important for the twentieth century as it was for the seventeenth.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Argument from Belief

Locke, Toleration, and Public Reason

Toleration without Scepticism

Slippery Slopes and Other Hazards

Proast on Locke, Stephen on Mill: A Structure of Illiberalism?

A Moral Pluralist Case for Toleration?

From Toleration to Deliberation?

Conclusion: What Is Living and What Is Dead in the Exchange between Locke and Proast?

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-161) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85653-7

9786612856532

0-7735-6416-0

OCLC:

929121042