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Positive Tolerance: An Ethical Oxymoron
Author(s) -
Zolo Danilo
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
ratio juris
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1467-9337
pISSN - 0952-1917
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9337.00059
Subject(s) - oxymoron , foundation (evidence) , multiculturalism , epistemology , sociology , environmental ethics , philosophy , political science , law , linguistics
Analyzing Apel's proposal for positive tolerance in multicultural society, the author develops critical observations concerning, first, the distinction between negative and positive tolerance, second, the ethical foundation of positive tolerance and, finally, the semantic content of the notion.