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Document Details : Title: Tolerance versus Freedom of Religion Subtitle: The Importance of Amoral Arguments in the History of Tolerance Author(s): LOOBUYCK, Patrick Journal: Bijdragen Volume: 71 Issue: 4 Date: 2010 Pages: 358-376 DOI: 10.2143/BIJ.71.4.2064949 Abstract : In this contribution we examine the various amoral types of reasoning that have long predominated in the history of tolerance. In doing this we also hope to show that these amoral notions of tolerance are always far removed from, and in conflict with, the idea of freedom of religion as a moral and political right. In conclusion we show that when the liberal notion of (religious) freedom as a personal and moral right predominates, then the notion of tolerance loses some of its meaning. |
