# Toleration **URL:** **By** Andrew Jason Cohen, Aaron Ross Powell, Trevor Burrus **Published:** September 11, 2015 --- Andrew Jason Cohen joins us for a discussion on toleration—what does it mean to be tolerant? What should be tolerated? Are we becoming less tolerant? As a society, are we as tolerant as we could be? As we should be? Andrew Jason Cohen gives his definition of toleration and we discuss the harm principle as elaborated by John Stuart Mill and the implications of various alternatives to it. **Show Notes and Further Reading** Cohen's 2104 book on the subject, [_Toleration_](http://www.amazon.com/Toleration-Andrew-Jason-Cohen/dp/0745655572) , part of Polity Press's "Key Concepts" series.