Toleration And Freedom From Harm
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Author | : Andrew Jason Cohen |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2018-01-17 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1351804650 |
Toleration matters to us all. It contributes both to individuals leading good lives and to societies that are simultaneously efficient and just. There are personal and social matters that would be improved by taking toleration to be a fundamental value. This book develops and defends a full account of toleration—what it is, why and when it matters, and how it should be manifested in a just society. Cohen defends a normative principle of toleration grounded in a new conception of freedom as freedom from harm. He goes on to argue that the moral limits of toleration have been reached only when freedom from harm is impinged. These arguments provide support for extensive toleration of a wide range of individual, familial, religious, cultural, and market activities. Toleration and Freedom from Harm will be of interest to political philosophers and theorists, legal scholars, and those interested in matters of social justice.
Author | : Brian Leiter |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2014-08-24 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 140085234X |
Why it's wrong to single out religious liberty for special legal protections This provocative book addresses one of the most enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory—why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse? Why are religious obligations that conflict with the law accorded special toleration while other obligations of conscience are not? In Why Tolerate Religion?, Brian Leiter shows why our reasons for tolerating religion are not specific to religion but apply to all claims of conscience, and why a government committed to liberty of conscience is not required by the principle of toleration to grant exemptions to laws that promote the general welfare.
Author | : Andrew Jason Cohen |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2014-02-27 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0745681042 |
In this engaging and comprehensive introduction to the topic of toleration, Andrew Jason Cohen seeks to answer fundamental questions, such as: What is toleration? What should be tolerated? Why is toleration important? Beginning with some key insights into what we mean by toleration, Cohen goes on to investigate what should be tolerated and why. We should not be free to do everythingÑmurder, rape, and theft, for clear examples, should not be tolerated. But should we be free to take drugs, hire a prostitute, or kill ourselves? Should our governments outlaw such activities or tolerate them? Should they tolerate “outsourcing” of jobs or importing of goods or put embargos on other countries? Cohen examines these difficult questions, among others, and argues that we should look to principles of toleration to guide our answers. These principles tell us when limiting freedom is acceptableÑthat is, they indicate the proper limits of toleration. Cohen deftly explains the main principles on offer and indicates why one of these stands out from the rest. This wide-ranging new book on an important topic will be essential reading for students taking courses in philosophy, political science and religious studies.
Author | : Mariëtta van der Tol |
Publisher | : Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Freedom of religion |
ISBN | : 9781789975765 |
This volume examines the knotty relationship between toleration and religious freedom. Spanning from the early modern period to the present day, it explores how discourses on toleration impact on current debates about religious freedom, and challenges assumptions about the associations between religious ideas and the law. Bringing together scholarship from the fields of history, law, political science, philosophy, and theology, it throws into sharp relief the disciplinary presuppositions that have--sometimes misleadingly--shaped our understandings of toleration and religious freedom.
Author | : Catriona McKinnon |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2007-05-07 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1134351518 |
Exploring the work of Locke, Mill and Rawls, and taking a closer look at contemporary debates, such as artistic freedom and holocaust denial, Catriona McKinnon presents an accessible introduction to toleration.
Author | : John Christian Laursen |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2012-06-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0739172182 |
In today’s developed world, much of what people believe about religious toleration has evolved from crucial innovations in toleration theory developed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Thinkers from that period have been rightly celebrated for creating influential, liberating concepts and ideas that have enabled many of us to live in peace. However, their work was certainly not perfect. In this enlightening volume, John Christian Laursen and María José Villaverde have gathered contributors to focus on the paradoxes, blindspots, unexpected flaws, or ambiguities in early modern toleration theories and practices. Each chapter explores the complexities, complications, and inconsistencies that came up in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as people grappled with the idea of toleration. In understanding the weaknesses, contradictions, and ambivalences in other theories, they hope to provoke thought about the defects in ways of thinking about toleration in order to help in overcoming similar problems in contemporary toleration theories.
Author | : Rainer Forst |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 662 |
Release | : 2013-01-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521885779 |
This book represents the most comprehensive historical and systematic study of the theory and practice of toleration ever written.
Author | : Mitja Sardoč |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 1174 |
Release | : 2021-09-23 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9783030421205 |
The Palgrave Handbook of Toleration aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of toleration as the foundational idea associated with engagement with diversity. This handbook is intended to provide an authoritative exposition of contemporary accounts of toleration, the central justifications used to advance it, a presentation of the different concepts most commonly associated with it (e.g. respect, recognition) as well as the discussion of the many problems dominating the controversies on toleration at both the theoretical or practical level. The Palgrave Handbook of Toleration is aimed as a resource for a global scholarly audience looking for either a detailed presentation of major accounts of toleration, the most important conceptual issues associated with toleration and the many problems dividing either scholars, policy-makers or practitioners.
Author | : Anna Elisabetta Galeotti |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2002-03-14 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1139432516 |
In this 2002 book, Anna Elisabetta Galeotti examines the most intractable problems which toleration encounters and argues that what is really at stake is not religious or moral disagreement but the unequal status of different social groups. Liberal theories of toleration fail to grasp this and consequently come up with normative solutions that are inadequate when confronted with controversial cases. Galeotti proposes, as an alternative, toleration as recognition, which addresses the problem of according equal respect to groups as well as equal liberty to individuals. She offers an interpretation that is both a revision and an expansion of liberal theory, in which toleration constitutes an important component not only of a theory of justice, but also of the politics of identity. Her study will appeal to a wide range of readers in political philosophy, political theory, and law.
Author | : Voltaire |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2021-11-05 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Voltaire writes a long essay questioning the Jean Calas case, reflecting on Christianity and remembering the earthquake in Lisbon. Voltaire, novelist, dramatist, poet, and philosopher was one of the most renowned figures of the Age of Enlightenment.