Overview
- The first book to deal extensively with the development of Locke’s arguments for toleration
- First to analyse the Essay on Human Understanding through the relation between toleration and so-called ethics of belief
- Proposes a new way to consider the links between Locke’s political and epistemological reasoning
Part of the book series: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées (ARCH, volume 237)
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This book offers a detailed analysis of John Locke’s case for toleration and proposes an interpretation that shows the links between his political reasoning and his reflection on the ethics of belief. Locke is concerned with toleration not only when he discusses the ends of the Commonwealth, but also when he assesses the duties of private persons regarding the search for truth. The purpose of this book is to shed light on both of these branches, which have not been sufficiently explored in other studies on Locke.
With particular attention to the notions of charity, obstinacy, fallibility, reciprocity and distinction between belief and knowledge, the author proposes a reading of the Epistola de Tolerantia, an extensive discussion of the controversy between Locke and Jonas Proast, as well as an examination of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, in order to establish the meaning and interconnection of Locke’s arguments in favour of toleration.Authors and Affiliations
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Book Title: John Locke and the Grounds for Toleration
Authors: Flavio Fontenelle Loque
Series Title: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90363-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90362-6Published: 04 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90365-7Published: 05 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-90363-3Published: 03 March 2022
Series ISSN: 0066-6610
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0307
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 209
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Philosophy, Sociology of Religion, Political Philosophy