For centuries, Homer said it was civility that distinguishes men from animals. The Cyclops, said the Greek poet, were considered wild monsters not because they practiced navigation, but because they ignored the hospitality. Today, more than twenty centuries later, Interculturality aims to rescue the virtue of civility as a way to guarantee the peaceful coexistence of majorities and minorities, and overcoming the limitations of Multiculturalism and its defense of tolerance. In this context, our objective is to defend the virtue of civility as a precondition for the effective guarantee of fundamental rights of all members of a multicultural society.
Tolerance; Multiculturalism; Interculturality; Minorities; Civility