ON THREE PHILOSOPHICAL PREMISES OF RELIGIOUS
TOLERANCE
ON THREE PHILOSOPHICAL PREMISES OF RELIGIOUS
TOLERANCE
Author(s): Konrad WaloszczykSubject(s): Philosophy of Religion
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Fundacja Filozofia na Rzecz Dialogu
Keywords: tolerance; ethics; objective knowledge; world religions; openness for the Other
Summary/Abstract: My contention is to adumbrate three general premises leading to religious tolerance.The first is that emphasis should be laid much more on ethics than on metaphysics.Religions greatly differ in supernatural beliefs but all advocate justice, love, truthfulness,self-control and other virtues. Second, the beliefs about God are not true in theirexact meaning, but rather as remote analogies to scientific truth. Religion is more resemblantof poetry than science. Third, real tolerance consists in the readiness to assimilatesome of the values of other religions, since no one has expressed the transcendent inan exhausting and perfect way.
Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 9-14
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
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