Tolerance among the Virtues / John R. Bowlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowlin, John R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virtues.

Toleration.

Christian ethics--Catholic authors.

Christian ethics.

Genre:

Nonfiction.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In a pluralistic society such as ours, tolerance is a virtue-but it doesn't always seem so. Some suspect that it entangles us in unacceptable moral compromises and inequalities of power, while others dismiss it as mere political correctness or doubt that it can safeguard the moral and political relationships we value. Tolerance among the Virtues provides a vigorous defense of tolerance against its many critics and shows why the virtue of tolerance involves exercising judgment across a variety of different circumstances and relationships-not simply applying a prescribed set of rules.Drawing inspiration from St. Paul, Aquinas, and Wittgenstein, John Bowlin offers a nuanced inquiry into tolerance as a virtue. He explains why the advocates and debunkers of toleration have reached an impasse, and he suggests a new way forward by distinguishing the virtue of tolerance from its false look-alikes, and from its sibling, forbearance. Some acts of toleration are right and good, while others amount to indifference, complicity, or condescension. Some persons are able to draw these distinctions well and to act in accord with their better judgment. When we praise them as tolerant, we are commending them as virtuous. Bowlin explores what that commendation means.Tolerance among the Virtues offers invaluable insights into how to live amid differences we cannot endorse-beliefs we consider false, actions we think are unjust, institutional arrangements we consider cruel or corrupt, and persons who embody what we oppose.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Abbreviations and Translations

Chapter 1. Tolerance And Resentment

Chapter 2. A Natural Virtue

Chapter 3. Among The Virtues

Chapter 4. A Virtue's Vocabulary

Chapter 5. Liberalism and Lists

Chapter 6. Love's Endurance

Epilogue. Nature, Grace, and Cockfights

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781400883677

1400883679

OCLC:

1132663612