What Toleration Is

Toleration has been called "the substantive heart of liberalism," and yet exactly what it is, remains unclear. It has often been used by political philosophers and others as if this were not the case, but recent theorists have used and explicated the term in very different ways. In this re...

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Published inEthics Vol. 115; no. 1; pp. 68 - 95
Main Author Cohen, Andrew Jason
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, IL The University of Chicago Press 01.10.2004
University of Chicago Press
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Subjects
Acceptance
Aesthetics
Analytical philosophy
Behavior
Cultural diversity
Cultural values
Definitions
Endurance
Exercise tolerance
Liberalism
Morality
Multiculturalism
Normativity
Philosophy
Pluralism
Rap music
Theory of values and moral philosophy
Theory of values and moral philosophy. Philosophy of action
Tolerance
Tolerance
Moral philosophy
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Summary:Toleration has been called "the substantive heart of liberalism," and yet exactly what it is, remains unclear. It has often been used by political philosophers and others as if this were not the case, but recent theorists have used and explicated the term in very different ways. In this regard, Cohen offers a conceptual analysis of toleration in order to give a clear definition of the central tenet, and by putting all the conditions together, he defends the view that an act of toleration is an agent's intentional and principled refraining from interfering with an opposed other in situations of diversity, where the agent believes she has the power to interfere.
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ISSN:0014-1704
1539-297X
DOI:10.1086/421982