On tolerance
Subtitle: a defence of moral independence
By: Frank Furedi
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781441120106
Subjects: Toleration; Lifestyles; Social ethics; Social psychology
Other titles: Frank Furedi on tolerance
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-212) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction: Clarifying the issues; title: 2. Tolerance as a precious resource; title: 3. The fossilization of identity; title: 4. Tolerance confused with recognition; title: 5. The expansion of the meaning of harm; title: 6. The loss of respect for moral independence; title: 7. The cultivation of intolerant identities and the infantilizing of offence; title: 8. Twenty-first-century heresy; title: 9. Conclusion: Why tolerance matters.