http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/toleration Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:32:41 -0400 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:32:41 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/874/theories-of-multicultural-toleration-an-examination-of-justice-as-fairness-and-political-theology By Matthew B. Wilks - The place of multiculturalism in a liberal democracy continues to be a contentious question and one with which the liberal democratic state must constantly grapple. Two differing conceptions of the way the state should conceive of multicultural toleration can be seen in Justice as Fairness by John Rawls and Political Theology by Carl Schmitt. In Justice as Fairness, Rawls details his theory of justice as fairness, a model for a “well-ordered society” and conceives of reasonable pluralism as being a permanent condition of democratic society. Rawls deals with the issue of multicultural... Sun, 23 Mar 2014 02:28 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/874/theories-of-multicultural-toleration-an-examination-of-justice-as-fairness-and-political-theology http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/75/john-locke-on-equality-toleration-and-the-atheist-exception By Adalei Broers - In spite of legislation protecting each individual, conflict will inevitably erupt, if not between a government and its people then among the people themselves. This of course will impact the state and inevitably require response. It is in this perspective that Locke writes A Letter Concerning Toleration, addressing the issue of religious intolerance, a problem that permeated 17th century English society. He was extremely critical of the fervent behavior of people concerning their religious beliefs, particularly of those with “intemperate zeal” (Locke, Toleration, 9) who would attempt... Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:09 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/75/john-locke-on-equality-toleration-and-the-atheist-exception