In the past quarter century the world has witnessed dramatic social and political transformations, due in part to an upsurge in civil resistance. There have been significant uprisings around the globe, including the toppling of communist regimes in Eastern Europe, the Color Revo…
Violence - fear - crime - non-violence - criminal and social justice. La violence et la peur font tellement partie de nos vies que, parfois, elles se confondent avec elles. Elles s'insinuent aussi bien dans le social que dans l'individuel et déterminent l'histoire de l'un et de…
Violence - fear - crime - non-violence - criminal and social justice. La violence et la peur font tellement partie de nos vies que, parfois, elles se confondent avec elles. Elles s'insinuent aussi bien dans le social que dans l'individuel et déterminent l'histoire de l'un et de…
Violence and fear are so much a part of our lives that sometimes they merge with them. They creep into the social as well as into the individual and determine the history of both. Crime, for its part, seems to have become a privileged act not only to express violence, but also t…
Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radic…
Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radic…
Conceptual and grounding issues -- What toleration is not -- What toleration is -- The harm principle and the nature of harm -- General defense of toleration -- Freedom from harm -- Normative issues -- The harm principle -- Rejecting the harm principle -- Toleration, families, a…
"Toleration matters to us all. It contributes both to individuals leading good lives and to societies that are simultaneously efficient and just. There are personal and social matters that would be improved by taking toleration to be a fundamental value. This book develops and d…
Non-violent movements, under figures like Gandhi and the Dalai Lama, led to some of the great social changes of the 20th century, and some argue it offers solutions for this century's problems. This book explores non-violence from its roots in diverse religious and philosophical…
Non-violent movements, under figures like Gandhi and the Dalai Lama, led to some of the great social changes of the 20th century, and some argue it offers solutions for this century's problems. This book explores non-violence from its roots in diverse religious and philosophical…