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Toleration: Tolerance is the willingness to accept other people's opinions, beliefs, behaviors or lifestyles, even if they differ from your own. _____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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James Bohman on Toleration - Dictionary of Arguments
Gaus I 164 Toleration/deliberative democracy/discourse theories/Bohman: [the] two features of toleration - as perspective taking and as normative attitude in communication - take up the sceptical challenge of putative limits of discourse. >Toleration/Discourse theories. a) A regime of toleration is illegitimate if it denies discursive entitlements by falsely generalizing the perspective of the tolerating group so that they can reject the claims and reasons of the tolerated group. b) A regime of toleration is just if it permits citizens to fulfil their obligations of justification to all if they are to respect the equal entitlement of each to contribute to the definition of their society. The toleration of perspectives is a matter not only of first-order communication, but of the second-order properties of the regime that aims at protecting the integrity of communication and deliberation (Young, 1997(1); 2000(2)). Bohman: In this respect, toleration is a second-order property of the framework that creates a deliberative community. It is also a property of citizens, who are obligated to exhibit concern for democratic communication. When coupled with critical reflection on the conditions of successful communication, toleration acts as a form of anti- power to overcome the restrictions of ideology on the structure of communication in democratic processes. 1. Young, Iris (1997) 'Difference as a resource for democratic communication'. In James Bohman and William Rehg, eds. Deliberative Democracy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2. Young, Iris (2000) Democracy and Inclusion. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Bohman, James 2004. „Discourse Theory“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Bohman, James Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |