Centuries of political and religious struggle and social advances regarding the ethical-political definition of toleration will be required before civil society can achieve Thomas More's (1478-1535) utopia: namely, a society where no citizen is judged according to religion. The concept of toleration that implied a negative attitude and a hierarchical power over the other and was associated with notions of indifference, libertinism, and atheism is - in connection with historic contingencies - progressively giving way to a positive idea of toleration more generally connected with the thought of Voltaire, Kantian notions of brotherhood and Anglo-American liberalism. In 1995, at the 28th session of the General Conference, the Member States of the UNESCO issued the Declaration of Principles on Tolerance (UNESCO 1995).
Tolerance - Toleration
Simonutti L
2020
Abstract
Centuries of political and religious struggle and social advances regarding the ethical-political definition of toleration will be required before civil society can achieve Thomas More's (1478-1535) utopia: namely, a society where no citizen is judged according to religion. The concept of toleration that implied a negative attitude and a hierarchical power over the other and was associated with notions of indifference, libertinism, and atheism is - in connection with historic contingencies - progressively giving way to a positive idea of toleration more generally connected with the thought of Voltaire, Kantian notions of brotherhood and Anglo-American liberalism. In 1995, at the 28th session of the General Conference, the Member States of the UNESCO issued the Declaration of Principles on Tolerance (UNESCO 1995).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
