Question

Which of the following best reflects Forster's view of love in "On Tolerance"?

• A. Love is essential for societal progress.
• B. Love is a universal solution to human conflicts.
• C. Love is admirable but not practical for all.
• D. Love and tolerance are equally easy to practice.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Love is admirable but not practical for all.

• What is the most important virtue needed in a post-war world? Most people would say ‘Love’. Forster does not agree with it and says’ “Love is a great force in private life: it is indeed the greatest of all things, but love in public affairs does not work…”

• The Christian Civilizations during the Middle Ages and the French Revolutionists tried it but failed.

• Nations and peoples should love one another is an absurd and dangerous idea. ‘The fact is we can love only what we know personally’.

• Love, he suggests, is often too idealistic and demanding to be universally practiced, but tolerance is achievable for the average person.