Negative tolerance is steeped in the pessimism of the Hobbesian conception of humankind it sees conflict as inevitable . The negative conception of tolerance also relies on related normative claims about how societies can best address this Hobbesian empirical assumption . The empirical and normative assumptions are incestuous and thus difficult to divorce . The liberal position that individualism and autonomy are the paramount virtues of a just society is an integral part of negative tolerance (Kant 1990 Mill 1993 Rawls 1971 . The...











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