Must the tolerant person have a sense of humour? On the structure of tolerance as a virtue
Must the tolerant person have a sense of humour? On the structure of tolerance as a virtue
This article addresses the relationship of toleration and humour as virtues. It argues that our understanding of toleration as a virtue has been captured and shaped by the conception of tolerance as a duty and, through a critique of John Horton’s classic article on toleration as a virtue, seeks to show what a view freed from such captivity would look like. It then turns to argue that humour plays a fundamental role in relation to living a virtuous life. Finally, it attempts to establish the practical necessity of the relationship between tolerance and humour setting out what I take to be significant structural relationships between them and between their formation as settled dispositions of character.
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Owen, David
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20 July 2011
Owen, David
9fc71bca-07d1-44af-9248-1b9545265a58
Owen, David
(2011)
Must the tolerant person have a sense of humour? On the structure of tolerance as a virtue.
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 14 (3), .
(doi:10.1080/13698230.2011.571879).
Abstract
This article addresses the relationship of toleration and humour as virtues. It argues that our understanding of toleration as a virtue has been captured and shaped by the conception of tolerance as a duty and, through a critique of John Horton’s classic article on toleration as a virtue, seeks to show what a view freed from such captivity would look like. It then turns to argue that humour plays a fundamental role in relation to living a virtuous life. Finally, it attempts to establish the practical necessity of the relationship between tolerance and humour setting out what I take to be significant structural relationships between them and between their formation as settled dispositions of character.
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