{"product_id":"true-tolerance","title":"True Tolerance","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn contemporary liberal thought  \"tolerance\" has come to be redefined as a synonym for ethical neutrality: refusal to judge among competing views of goods and evils. The result of this extreme relativism has been a foundations crisis in law  politics  education  and other areas of social life. In this lucidly written and brilliantly argued volume  J. Budziszewski attempts to reserve the self-destruction of modern liberalism by showing that true tolerance is not only consistent with taking stands about objective goods and evils  but actually requires doing so.Tolerance  falsely understood as ethical neutrality  has the paradoxical effect of crippling policy choice by divesting it of the moral and practical framework on which it depends. By painstakingly and exhaustively dissecting each of the many neutralist arguments  Budziszewski demonstrates that real neutrality is logically impossible. Confronted by alternative views  the neutralist at best obscures his own underlying judgments  and at worst abandons all possible defense against fanatics who oppose both true equality and true tolerance.True Tolerance is both a rigorous critique  and a polemic undertaken in the name of a positive  twenty-first century vision of liberalism. Budziszewsky outlines a view of true tolerance that assumes a relationship with an older liberal tradition and a codependence with other virtues  including humility  mercy  charity  respect  and courtesy. This vision is rooted in historical experience and rational conviction about what is good. In the spirit of liberal and classical theorists of virtue from Aristotle to John Locke to Alasdair MacIntyre  the virtue of true tolerance is much more than a readiness to follow known rules; it includes a developed ability to distinguish good rules from bad  and to choose rightly even where there are no rules or where rules seem to contradict each other. Accessibly written and intended for a wide readership  True Tolerance will be of special interest to political theorists and activists  and to sociologists and philosophers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44955529838645,"sku":"ByrdShop_0765806665","price":55.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780765806666.jpg?v=1770310171","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/true-tolerance","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}