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Tolerance : Experiments with Freedom in the Netherlands

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Authors:
  1. Cees Maris

    1. Department of General Jurisprudence, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  • Covers Dutch tolerance from the perspective of contemporary political philosophy
  • Discusses pressing political issues, such as freedom of speech, drugs policy and sexual morality
  • Relates political philosophy to political practice?

Part of the book series: Law and Philosophy Library (LAPS, volume 124)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Cees Maris
    Pages 1-32

  3. Can We Learn from History? A Letter to Mr. John Locke, Philosopher

    • Cees Maris
    Pages 33-71

  4. Sex, Morality and Law

    • Cees Maris
    Pages 73-110

  5. My Story: Ascertaining the Truth in Cases of Incest

    • Cees Maris
    Pages 111-145

  6. Dutch Weed and Logic

    • Cees Maris
    Pages 147-179

  7. I Have No Regrets: Dutch Euthanasia

    • Cees Maris
    Pages 181-222

  8. One of Us: On Human Identity and Freaky Justice

    • Cees Maris
    Pages 223-257

  9. We Want Our Freedom: Slavery and Public Reason

    • Cees Maris
    Pages 259-295

  10. I Have Cleansed My Honour: Multiculturalism and the Dutch Pillar System

    • Cees Maris
    Pages 297-334

  11. Close the Borders!: Dutch Intolerance and Freedom of Speech

    • Cees Maris
    Pages 335-360

  12. Laïcité in the Low Countries? On Headscarves in a Neutral State

    • Cees Maris
    Pages 361-389

  13. Coda: The End of Tolerance?

    • Cees Maris
    Pages 391-403

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 405-410
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About this book

This book presents a collection of philosophical essays on freedom and tolerance in the Netherlands. It explores liberal freedom and its limits in areas such as freedom of speech, public reason, sexual morality, euthanasia, drugs policy, and minority rights. The book takes Dutch practices as exemplary test cases for the principled discussions on these subjects from the perspective of political liberalism. Indeed, the Netherlands may be viewed as a social laboratory in human tolerance. During the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, Holland took the lead in a global emancipation process towards a society based on equal freedom. It was the first country to legalize euthanasia, soft drugs and gay marriage. In the final sections, the book examines the question of whether the political murders on the politician Pim Fortuyn and the film director Theo van Gogh, the reactions to Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s film Submission, as well as the success of the populist politician Geert Wilders are signs ofthe end of Dutch tolerance. Although it recognizes that the political climate has taken a conservative turn, the book shows that the Netherlands still shows remarkable tolerance.           

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of General Jurisprudence, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Cees Maris

About the author

Cornelis Willem (Cees) Maris is emeritus Professor of Legal Philosophy and Legal Sociology at the Faculty of Law at the University of Amsterdam. He is also Visiting Professor of Legal Philosophy at the University of Curaçao.


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