Paper's abstract

Marc-Antoine Dilhac, Two Concepts of Toleration in Political Libe-ralism
The primary purpose of this paper is to distinguish between two concepts of toleration relying on a qualified description of different forms of pluralism that shape democratic societies. The first concept of toleration (let us call it negative) refers to the public non-interference regarding the expression of individuals’ conceptions of the good. The second concept of toleration (let us call it positive toleration) denotes the right that citizens give to each other, to participate in the public deliberation on the basis of their different or even opposite moral views.

Key Words : toleration, deliberation
t. 49 : 2005, p. 137-157