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PLURALISM – the coexistence of radically divergent moral, philosophical, cultural, and religious worldviews within the same geographical territory or under the same government – became an inescapable fact of Western life following the Reformation and Enlightenment.

Consequently, toleration became the standard policy of modern Western governments, as the most realistic way of forestalling the violent conflicts between doctrines that might otherwise seem inevitable in the face of this diversity.

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Edward Feser

Mr. Feser is the author of Aquinas: A Beginner’s Guide and The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism.

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PLURALISM – the coexistence of radically divergent moral, philosophical, cultural, and religious worldviews within the same geographical territory or under the same government – became an inescapable fact of Western life following the Reformation and Enlightenment.

Consequently, toleration became the standard policy of modern Western governments, as the most realistic way of forestalling the violent conflicts between doctrines that might otherwise seem inevitable in the face of this diversity.