Rainer Forst takes up one of the central controversies associated with toleration, i.e. the plurality of normative justifications that have been and can be given for or against toleration. At the same time, he elaborates on the distinction between a general concept and particular conceptions of toleration. He contrasts a “permission conception” of toleration with a “respect conception.” By contextualizing his intellectual journey influenced by scholars such as Jürgen Habermas, John Rawls and T.M. Scanlon, he provides an insight into the development of his research on toleration culminating in his landmark book Toleration in Conflict. He also emphasizes the importance of non-Western conceptions of toleration and their importance for future discussions in this area of scholarly research.Disagreement