Epilogue

Abstract

I began this inquiry by indicating a desire to put some answers to two questions that are fundamental to the job of theorizing about civil association: First, under what conditions, if any, is it possible for human beings holding disparate, conflicting, and perhaps even hostile beliefs and viewpoints to live together peaceably within a common polity? Second, and assuming a reasonably positive answer to the first question, is it possible to hope for something more in this regard than simply peaceful coexistence? It would perhaps be good, by way of conclusion, to summarize the answers that have been put to these questions.