ABSTRACT

Toleration would seem to be the most rational response to deep conflicts. However, by examining the conditions under which trust can develop between warring parties, it becomes clear that a fundamental shift in values - a conversion - is required before toleration makes sense. This book argues that maintaining trust is the key to stable practices of toleration.

chapter |8 pages

Prologue

The problem of toleration

chapter 1|24 pages

Arguments for toleration

chapter 2|20 pages

Trust and the rationality of toleration

chapter 3|23 pages

The conversion to toleration

chapter 4|26 pages

Establishing toleration

chapter 5|18 pages

Of Socinians

Toleration and the limits of trust

chapter 6|25 pages

Of homosexuals

Trust and the practices of public reason