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Toleration (Paperback, New edition)
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Toleration (Paperback, New edition)
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Most regard toleration as an unattractive fallback position of
compromise and so tend to overlook it in favor of such active
concepts as freedom, equality, and justice. Fotion and Elfstrom
argue that toleration offers us the useful possibility of
responding to a difficult situation with a degree of flexibility
not possible with the dichotomous concepts of good-bad,
right-wrong, ethical-unethical, Right-Left. Tolerating saturates
ordinary human life and infuses public discussions of religion,
morality, and politics. It forms a major strand in the history of
Western European thought. Yet the word "toleration" and similar
terms are rarely used. Unnoticed and unremarked, they are like the
air that surrounds us, vitally important yet invisible. The authors
seek to address this oversight in several ways. They begin with a
thorough conceptual analysis of toleration and its kindred
concepts. They are convinced that an appreciation of the importance
of the family of toleration concepts must be founded on an
understanding of the various ways in which they function in our
language and our lives. In addition, they examine the historical
development of the concept of toleration and canvass the major
arguments people have employed either to urge toleration or to
disparage it. They examine the role of toleration in liberal
political philosophy and respond to the major critics of liberal
toleration. The authors also discuss a number of factors that cause
toleration to be overlooked in political debate and personal
reflection and offer evidence to support the view that this
omission is unfortunate. In particular, they argue that toleration
has the crucial role of helping people live with one another with
respect and dignity in the fractious and contentious world we
inhabit. With the rise of racism and other forms of religious,
political, and social intolerance, people on all sides of the
present debates concerning multi-culturalism and diversity will
benefit from this timely and lucidly argued philosophical
discussion of the concepts of toleration and its possible
application in a less-than-perfect world.
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