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Author Cohen, Andrew Jason, author.

Title Toleration and freedom from harm : liberalism reconceived / Andrew Jason Cohen
Published New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 217 pages)
Series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy ; 104
Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 104.
Contents Part I. Conceptual and grounding issues. What toleration is not ; What toleration is ; The harm principle and the nature of harm ; General defense of toleration ; Freedom from harm -- Part II. Normative issues. The harm principle ; Rejecting the harm principle ; Toleration, families, and licensing ; Toleration and groups ; Toleration internationally
Summary "Toleration matters to us all. It contributes both to individuals leading good lives and to societies that are simultaneously efficient and just. There are personal and social matters that would be improved by taking toleration to be a fundamental value. This book develops and defends a full account of toleration--what it is, why and when it matters, and how it should be manifested in a just society. Cohen defends a normative principle of toleration grounded in a new conception of freedom as freedom from harm. He goes on to argue that the moral limits of toleration have been reached only when freedom from harm is impinged. These arguments provide support for extensive toleration of a wide range of individual, familial, religious, cultural, and market activities. Toleration Matters will be of interest to political philosophers and theorists, legal scholars, and those interested in matters of social justice."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed March 27, 2019)
Subject Toleration.
Liberty.
Nonviolence.
Liberalism.
Freedom
freedom.
liberalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Liberalism
Liberty
Nonviolence
Toleration
Form Electronic book
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