Toleration, Identity and Difference

In this collection of essays distinguished political philosophers discuss the problems of toleration which arise in multi-cultural and multi-racial society. They ask whether allegiance to the group should take priority over allegiance to the wider society

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John Horton and Susan Mendus

TOLERATION, IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE

Also by John Horton POLITICAL OBLIGATION ASPECTS OF TOLERATION (editor with Susan Mendus) JOHN LOCKE’S A LETTER CONCERNING TOLERATION IN FOCUS (editor with Susan Mendus) AFTER MACINTYRE: Critical Perspectives on the Work of Alasdair MacIntyre (editor with Susan Mendus)

Also by Susan Mendus TOLERATION AND THE LIMITS OF LIBERALISM ASPECTS OF TOLERATION (editor with John Horton) JOHN LOCKE’S A LETTER CONCERNING TOLERATION IN FOCUS (editor with John Horton) AFTER MACINTYRE: Critical Perspectives on the Work of Alasdair MacIntyre (editor with John Horton)

Toleration, Identity and Difference Edited by

John Horton Reader in Politics Keele University

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Susan Mendus Professor of Politics University of York

First published in Great Britain 1999 by

MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-40799-6 ISBN 978-0-333-98337-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780333983379 First published in the United States of America 1999 by ST. MARTIN’S PRESS, INC., Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0–312–21852–2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Toleration, identity and difference / edited by John Horton, Susan Mendus. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0–312–21852–2 (cloth) 1. Toleration—Congresses. 2. Multiculturalism—Congresses. I. Horton, John (John P.) II. Mendus, Susan. JC571.T654 1999 305.8—dc21 98–41569 CIP Selection, editorial matter and Chapter 1 © John Horton and Susan Mendus 1999 Chapters 2–9 © Macmillan Press Ltd 1999 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1999 978-0-333-73425-4 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10 08

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Toleration, the Moral Will and the Justification of Liberalism Iain Hampsher-Monk

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Tolerance as a