Tolerance among the virtues
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Tolerance among the virtues
Princeton University Press, c2016
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-261) and index
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内容説明
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.
目次
Introduction 1 Abbreviations and Translations 16 Chapter 1 Tolerance and Resentment 18 Chapter 2 A Natural Virtue 60 Chapter 3 Among the Virtues 106 Chapter 4 A Virtue's Vocabulary 160 Chapter 5 Liberalism and Lists 187 Chapter 6 Love's Endurance 206 Epilogue: Nature, Grace, and Cockfights 242 Acknowledgments 251 Bibliography 253 Index 263
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