These essays relate philosophical questions about the meaning and justification of toleration to debates about such issues as religious freedom, racial discrimination, pornography and censorship.

Introduction, John Horton, Susan Mendus; Chapter 1 Toleration, Individual Differences and Respect for Persons, Albert Weale; Chapter 2 Toleration and the Right to Freedom, Thomas Baldwin; Chapter 3 Repressive Toleration Revisited: Mill, Marcuse, MacIntyre, Alex Callinicos; Chapter 4 Toleration and the English Blasphemy Law, David Edwards; Chapter 5 Harm, Offence and Censorship, Susan Mendus; Chapter 6 Toleration, Morality and Harm, John Horton; Chapter 7 Toleration, Harm and Moral Effect, Peter Jones; Chapter 8 Toleration as a Moral Ideal, Peter P. Nicholson;