On Tolerance

Author : Frank Furedi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441119407

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On Tolerance by Frank Furedi Pdf

Outwardly, we live in an era that appears more open-minded, non-judgemental and tolerant than in any time in human history. The very term intolerant invokes moral condemnation. We are constantly reminded to understand the importance of respecting different cultures and diversities. In this pugnacious new book, Frank Furedi argues that despite the democratisation of public life and the expansion of freedom, society is dominated by a culture that not only tolerates but often encourages intolerance. Often the intolerance is directed at people who refuse to accept the conventional wisdom and who are stigmatised as 'deniers'. Frequently intolerance comes into its own in clashes over cultural values and lifestyles. People are condemned for the food they eat, how they parent and for wearing religious symbols in public. This book challenges the 'quiet mood of tolerance' towards morally stigmatised forms of behaviour. The author examines recent forms of 'unacceptable behaviour'. It will tease out the real motives and drivers of intolerance.

Author : Caroline Warman
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783742035

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Tolerance by Caroline Warman Pdf

Inspired by Voltaire’s advice that a text needs to be concise to have real influence, this anthology contains fiery extracts by forty eighteenth-century authors, from the most famous philosophers of the age to those whose brilliant writings are less well-known. These passages are immensely diverse in style and topic, but all have in common a passionate commitment to equality, freedom, and tolerance. Each text resonates powerfully with the issues our world faces today. Tolerance was first published by the Société française d’étude du dix-huitième siècle (the French Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo assassinations in January 2015 as an act of solidarity and as a response to the surge of interest in Enlightenment values. With the support of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, it has now been translated by over 100 students and tutors of French at Oxford University.

Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0521649692

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Voltaire: Treatise on Tolerance by Voltaire Pdf

Voltaire is widely known as the author of a literary masterpiece, Candide, while his reputation as a thinker rests largely on his Philosophical Letters and Philosophical Dictionary. He is equally renowned as a critic of the forces of superstition and fanaticism, and a champion of freedom of thought and belief. The works presented here, in a new English translation, are among the most important and characteristic texts of the Enlightenment, and bring together all three aspects of Voltaire: the writer, the doer and the philosophe. Originating in Voltaire's campaign to exonerate Jean Calas, they are works of polemical brilliance, informed by his deism and humanism and by Enlightenment values and ideals more generally. The issues which they raise, concerning questions of tolerance and human dignity, are still highly relevant to our own times. This volume presents them together with an introduction by Simon Harvey and useful notes on further reading.

Author : D. A. Carson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802831705

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The Intolerance of Tolerance by D. A. Carson Pdf

Carson traces the subtle but enormous shift in the way we have come to understand tolerance over recent years--from defending the rights of those who hold different beliefs to affirming all beliefs as equally valid and correct. He looks back at the history of this shift and discusses its implications for culture today, especially its bearing on democracy, discussions about good and evil, and Christian truth claims. --from publisher description

Author : Wendy Brown,Rainer Forst
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231170185

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The Power of Tolerance by Wendy Brown,Rainer Forst Pdf

We invoke the ideal of tolerance in response to conflict, but what does it mean to answer conflict with a call for tolerance? Is tolerance a way of resolving conflicts or a means of sustaining them? Does it transform conflicts into productive tensions, or does it perpetuate underlying power relations? To what extent does tolerance hide its involvement with power and act as a form of depoliticization? Wendy Brown and Rainer Forst debate the uses and misuses of tolerance, an exchange that highlights the fundamental differences in their critical practice despite a number of political similarities. Both scholars address the normative premises, limits, and political implications of various conceptions of tolerance. Brown offers a genealogical critique of contemporary discourses on tolerance in Western liberal societies, focusing on their inherent ties to colonialism and imperialism, and Forst reconstructs an intellectual history of tolerance that attempts to redeem its political virtue in democratic societies. Brown and Forst work from different perspectives and traditions, yet they each remain wary of the subjection and abnegation embodied in toleration discourses, among other issues. The result is a dialogue rich in critical and conceptual reflections on power, justice, discourse, rationality, and identity.

Author : Denis Lacorne
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231547048

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The Limits of Tolerance by Denis Lacorne Pdf

The modern notion of tolerance—the welcoming of diversity as a force for the common good—emerged in the Enlightenment in the wake of centuries of religious wars. First elaborated by philosophers such as John Locke and Voltaire, religious tolerance gradually gained ground in Europe and North America. But with the resurgence of fanaticism and terrorism, religious tolerance is increasingly being challenged by frightened publics. In this book, Denis Lacorne traces the emergence of the modern notion of religious tolerance in order to rethink how we should respond to its contemporary tensions. In a wide-ranging argument that spans the Ottoman Empire, the Venetian republic, and recent controversies such as France’s burqa ban and the white-supremacist rally in Charlottesville, The Limits of Tolerance probes crucial questions: Should we impose limits on freedom of expression in the name of human dignity or decency? Should we accept religious symbols in the public square? Can we tolerate the intolerant? While acknowledging that tolerance can never be entirely without limits, Lacorne defends the Enlightenment concept against recent attempts to circumscribe it, arguing that without it a pluralistic society cannot survive. Awarded the Prix Montyon by the Académie Française, The Limits of Tolerance is a powerful reflection on twenty-first-century democracy’s most fundamental challenges.

Author : Thomas Scanlon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003-06-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521533988

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The Difficulty of Tolerance by Thomas Scanlon Pdf

These essays in political philosophy by T. M. Scanlon, written between 1969 and 1999, examine the standards by which social and political institutions should be justified and appraised. Scanlon explains how the powers of just institutions are limited by rights such as freedom of expression, and considers why these limits should be respected even when it seems that better results could be achieved by violating them. Other topics which are explored include voluntariness and consent, freedom of expression, tolerance, punishment, and human rights. The collection includes the classic essays 'Preference and Urgency', 'A Theory of Freedom of Expression', and 'Contractualism and Utilitarianism', as well as a number of other essays that have hitherto not been easily accessible. It will be essential reading for all those studying these topics from the perspective of political philosophy, politics, and law.

Author : Joanna F. Carolan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Toleration
ISBN : 0971533350

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Little World by Joanna F. Carolan Pdf

" ... a whimsical and touching look at accepting diversity and creating unity."--Jacket.

Author : John R. Bowlin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691191690

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Tolerance Among the Virtues by John R. Bowlin Pdf

In a pluralistic society such as ours, tolerance is a virtue—but it doesn't always seem so. Some suspect that it entangles us in unacceptable moral compromises and inequalities of power, while others dismiss it as mere political correctness or doubt that it can safeguard the moral and political relationships we value. Tolerance among the Virtues provides a vigorous defense of tolerance against its many critics and shows why the virtue of tolerance involves exercising judgment across a variety of different circumstances and relationships—not simply applying a prescribed set of rules. Drawing inspiration from St. Paul, Aquinas, and Wittgenstein, John Bowlin offers a nuanced inquiry into tolerance as a virtue. He explains why the advocates and debunkers of toleration have reached an impasse, and he suggests a new way forward by distinguishing the virtue of tolerance from its false look-alikes, and from its sibling, forbearance. Some acts of toleration are right and good, while others amount to indifference, complicity, or condescension. Some persons are able to draw these distinctions well and to act in accord with their better judgment. When we praise them as tolerant, we are commending them as virtuous. Bowlin explores what that commendation means. Tolerance among the Virtues offers invaluable insights into how to live amid differences we cannot endorse—beliefs we consider false, actions we think are unjust, institutional arrangements we consider cruel or corrupt, and persons who embody what we oppose.

Author : Jay Newman
Publisher : Heritage
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UCAL:B3950357

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Foundations of Religious Tolerance by Jay Newman Pdf

Religious intolerance is very old and widespread - a phenomenon of a highly distinctive nature which defies reduction to a simpler kind of vice. Methods of achieving religious tolerance have long been in dispute because there is much confusion about its nature.

Author : J. Dobbernack,T. Modood
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1349351407

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Tolerance, Intolerance and Respect by J. Dobbernack,T. Modood Pdf

Across European societies, pluralism is experienced in new and challenging ways. Our understanding of what it means for societies to be accepting of diversity has to therefore be revisited. This volume seeks to meet this challenge with perspectives that consider new dynamics towards tolerance, intolerance and respect.

Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8826430047

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Traité Sur la Tolérance by Voltaire Pdf

Author : Andrés Sandoval-Hernández,Maria Magdalena Isac,Daniel Miranda
Publisher : Springer
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319786926

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Teaching Tolerance in a Globalized World by Andrés Sandoval-Hernández,Maria Magdalena Isac,Daniel Miranda Pdf

This open access thematic report identifies factors and conditions that can help schools and education systems promote tolerance in a globalized world. The IEA’s International Civic and Citizenship Study (ICCS) is a comparative research program designed to investigate the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens, and provides a wealth of data permitting not only comparison between countries but also comparisons between schools within countries, and students within countries. Advanced analytical methods provide insights into relationships between students’ attitudes towards cultural diversity and the characteristics of the students themselves, their families, their teachers and school principals. The rich diversity of educational and cultural contexts in the 38 countries who participated in ICCS 2009 are also acknowledged and addressed. Readers interested in civic education and adolescents’ attitudes towards cultural diversity will find the theoretical perspectives explored engaging. For readers interested in methodology, the advanced analytical methods employed present textbook examples of how to address cross-cultural comparability of measurement instruments and multilevel data structures in international large-scale assessments (ILSA). Meanwhile, those interested in educational policy should find the identification and comparison of malleable factors across education systems that contribute to positive student attitudes towards cultural diversity a useful and thought-provoking resource.

Author : Basma EL Zein,Ahmed Al Jarwan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000796681

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Paths to a Culture of Tolerance and Peace by Basma EL Zein,Ahmed Al Jarwan Pdf

We are living today in a multicultural world, surrounded by people from different backgrounds, cultures and religions. Establishing tolerance and peace has become crucial. Without these qualities, social stability and communal harmony are threatened; and acceptance of each other remains elusive. Spreading a culture of tolerance and peace is necessary to address contemporary issues of world peace, this includes reflection on the importance of refusing violence and adopting a more peaceful means for resolving disagreements and conflicts. This book, written by the world’s foremost thinkers in this area, aims to increase feelings of openness and respect toward others, solidarity and sharing based on a sense of security in one's own identity and a capacity to recognize the many dimensions of being human in different cultural and social contexts. Topics discussed in the book include: Promoting Tolerance and Peace  Teaching Tolerance and Peace  Human Values  Intercultural / Interreligious dialogue  Human Fraternity document

Author : Sam Harris
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674737068

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Islam and the Future of Tolerance by Sam Harris Pdf

In this dialogue between a famous atheist and a former radical, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz invite you to join an urgently needed conversation: Is Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem drawn to extremism? The authors demonstrate how two people with very different views can find common ground.