Tolerance - Between Forbearance and Acceptance

Tolerance-though seen to be necessary on a world divided by deep differences-often strikes us as grudgingly given and resentfully received. Conceived more widely, however, tolerance can be seen to occupy the difficult, and contested, terrain between merely putting up with and accepting others.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Tolerance: An Impossible Virtue? Chapter 3 Puzzles and Paradoxes of Tolerance Chapter 4 Shades of Tolerance Chapter 5 The Circumstances of Tolerance Chapter 6 The Intolerable Chapter 7 Thomas Aquinas and John Locke on Toleration Chapter 8 Regimes on Toleration Chapter 9 A Liberal Argument for Tolerance Chapter 10 Objections ans Replies Chapter 11 Epilogue

About the author

Hans Oberdiek is professor of philosophy at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

Summary

Tolerance—though seen to be necessary on a world divided by deep differences—often strikes us as grudgingly given and resentfully received. Conceived more widely, however, tolerance can be seen to occupy the difficult, and contested, terrain between merely putting up with and accepting others.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel J. Elazar, Hans Oberdiek
• Assisted by: Hans Oberdiek (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.07.2001
• EAN: 9780847687862
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8786-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Philosophy and the Global Context; Philosophy and the Global Cont; Philosophy and the Global Context
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science