ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book seeks to articulate a version of liberalism that takes toleration as seriously as possible. A theory of normative toleration like the author's will tell us when interference may be permissible in distributive issues, issues of criminal justice domestically, and in many cases of possible international intervention. The book suggests that the primary missing theoretical elements must come from normative moral theory itself. Philosophers tend to start with normative theories and see what these theories say about activities in the business arena. The book briefly considers Ripstein's sovereignty principle as a competitor to the harm principle and legal moralism and legal paternalism as principles that some think must supplement the harm principle. It considers a basic objection to relying on a single value and a single principle.
