Democracy and toleration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12610080 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maurizio Passerin d'Entrèves, Maurizio Passerin d’Entrèves (University of Cape Town, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 49-66 |
| Publication date | 2001-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-8230 • E-ISSN: 1743-8772 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13698230108403356 |
| OpenAlex | W2021497523 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
In recent years, a number of prominent thinkers have argued that democratic arrangements tend to favour the flourishing of toleration among groups with radically different comprehensive worldviews. This article examines one of the most insightful arguments, advanced by Sheldon Leader, for grounding the practice of toleration on the value of democracy. It shows that Leader's attempt to ground the practice of toleration on a common understanding of democracy faces a number of fundamental obstacles. Such obstacles could only be overcome if both liberals and their opponents were to reach an agreement on the value of democracy and thereby converge in their support for toleration. It argues that, far from providing a common ground that liberals and their opponents can share, the so‐called ‘shareable understanding’ of democracy appeals primarily to liberals
Democracy · Epistemology · Flourishing · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Toleration · Value (mathematics · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Religious Education and Schools · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |