Toleration of minorities' claims

What is it about?

Toleration is often invoked as a mantra to characterise the kind of treatment owed to minorities in a democracy. But is toleration really the best conceptual tool to understand the nature of minorities' claims and address them adequately?

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Why is it important?

The article offers a thorough analysis of the idea of toleration to understand what it may or may not achieve as the inspiring ideal of policies for the treatment of dissenting minorities in a democracy.