Tolerance among the Virtues
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Tolerance among the Virtues
By (Author) John R. Bowlin
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
24th September 2019
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Philosophy of religion
Ethics and moral philosophy
Social and political philosophy
205.699
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Paperback
276
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
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 pr
Reviews
"If all this hardheaded, disenchanted talk is getting you down, consider the refined and rarefied argument in Tolerance Among the Virtues."---James Ryerson, New York Times Book Review
"Bowlin delivers here an extremely timely book. . . . Detailed, exhaustive, and often highly nuanced." * Choice *
"Bowlin's account of tolerance is powerful."---Molly Farneth, Commonweal
"Bowlins book superbly marshals the power of the Thomistic virtue tradition to make a compelling argument for locating tolerance among the virtues. . . . Powerful and necessary."---James Calvin Davis, Interpretation
Author Bio
John R. Bowlin is the Robert L. Stuart Associate Professor of Philosophy and Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of Contingency and Fortune in Aquinas's Ethics.
