Toleration and Some Related Concepts in Kant

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ID20510482
AuthorsAndrew Bain (Macquarie University, corresponding author), Paul Formosa (0000-0002-7490-0242, Macquarie University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume25
Issue2
Pages167-192
Publication date2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueKantian Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-4154 • E-ISSN: 2044-2394
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1369415420000035
OpenAlexW2979449059
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

In this article we examine Kant’s understanding of toleration by including a study of all instances in which he directly uses the language of toleration and related concepts. We use this study to resolve several key areas of interpretative dispute concerning Kant’s views on toleration. We argue that Kant offers a nuanced and largely unappreciated approach to thinking about toleration, and related concepts, across three normative spheres: the political, the interpersonal and the personal. We examine shortcomings in earlier interpretations and conclude by arguing that the theme of toleration in Kant’s work, while coherent and important, is neither as central nor as peripheral as suggested by previous interpretations. Further, while Kant is critical of the arrogance of toleration in the political sphere, he is more positive toward the role of toleration in the interpersonal and personal spheres since it promotes virtue

Epistemology · Interpersonal communication · Normative · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Toleration · Virtue · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · War, Ethics, and Justification

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