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Toleration Re-Examined book cover

1st Edition

Toleration Re-Examined

Edited By Derek Edyvane, Matt Matravers Copyright 2013
152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

The problem of how we are to live together in morally and culturally diverse democratic societies is central to modern life. Over the last thirty years, an extensive philosophical literature has developed around the idea of toleration as a way of engaging with that problem. However, recent years have witnessed a growing backlash against the idea of toleration, which is often considered too... Read more

1. Introduction: toleration re-examined Derek Edyvane and Matt Matravers

2. Why the traditional conception of toleration still matters John Horton

3. Blind spots in the toleration literature John Christian Laursen

4. Toleration and the Philosophy of Locke’s Politics Timothy Stanton

5. Toleration in a New Key: Historical and Global Perspectives Cary Nederman

6. Toleration as Sedition Glen Newey

7. Must the tolerant person have a sense of humour? On the structure of tolerance as a virtue David Owen

8. Tolerance and Pain Derek Edyvane

Biography

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.

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