In this article the author develops the problem of tolerance in a multicultural society according to Karl-Otto Apel's position and the point of view of the ethics of discourse. The author explains that the challenge of opening a space to different forms of socio-cultural life is the current problem of tolerance. This way, he exposes the contradictions of the negative tolerance in liberalism and the communitarian critical insufficiencies. Therefore, he presents the proposal of ethical-discursive basis about what the German philosopher has called ‘affirmative tolerance'. This study concludes with some value considerations which are meant to question the necessity of affirmative tolerance in a constitutional regime, in first place, and to postulate, in second place, that the ethical-discursive basis of tolerance finds a more coherent derivation in the category of respect.
Keywords:
discourse ethics, forms of socio-cultural life, negative tolerance, affirmative tolerance, respect, liberalism, communitarianism
Correa-Casanova, M. (2008). Karl-Otto Apel y el punto de vista ético-discursivo sobre la tolerancia afirmativa. Revista De Filosofía, 64, Pág. 99–122. Retrieved from https://revistatrabajo.uchile.cl/index.php/RDF/article/view/17242
