Virtue, Reason and Toleration: The Place of Toleration in Ethical & Political Philosophy

Glen Newey

Published by Edinburgh University Press 1999

Virtue, Reason and Toleration

The Place of Toleration in Ethical & Political Philosophy

Glen Newey

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474471299

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About this book

Toleration is becoming an increasingly questioned issue in modern democratic and multicultural societies and is debated within the academic disciplines of politics, history and cultural and literary studies. In this book Glen Newey systematically analyses toleration in relation to broader issues in meta-ethical theory and offers a new, rigorous philosophical theory of toleration as a virtue. A wide range of questions in ethical theory is addressed, including ethical responsibility, character and virtue, the nature of reasons for action, the acts/omissions doctrine, and the nature of normativity itself. This analysis offers a new understanding of the limits of moral theory, and reveals problems with understanding toleration philosophically and with implementing it politically. As a unique contribution to the toleration debate, this book will be of importance to all those with an interest in political theory, philosophy and ethics.

An original and highly sophisticated analysis of toleration
Unique in applying toleration to meta-ethical theory
Covers a broad range of questions in ethical theory
Toleration is a key issue in political theory and also outside the academy - issues of censorship and political correctness, etc. remain strongly to the fore

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The basic structure of toleration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
2. Toleration and moral reasons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
3. Tolerance as a virtue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
4. Toleration and political justification Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
5. The politics of toleration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Politics

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Published: February 7, 2022
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