Questions tagged [political-philosophy]
Describing questions about the philosophy of politics and society which investigate concerns like liberty, justice and equality.
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How has Foucault Philosophy of Surveillance been critiqued?
One of the horrors of the communist police-states of Eastern Europe was the incredible amount of information that the police force kept on the general population. This was often not gathered just by ...
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Seeking references on the ontological basis of 'cultural appropriation' to cure my confusion
Disclaimer: Cultural appropriation is an emotionally charged topic and is criticized by a number of intellectuals, and my intent is to determine the philosophical grounding of the topic through vetted ...
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How to argue that some inequality is justifiable in order to maximize the well-being of the worst off in Rawls's theory of justice?
In context, I have to describe what we think is a just society by Rawls theory of justice. I want to try and use Scandinavia, for example, the Nordic Model as a representation as a just society. ...
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Aristotelian Analysis of Forgiveness?
I am in the process of responding to one of the latest Reading Comprehension Questions in my Ethics course. This week we were reading from pages 27-33 of Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics (2nd Ed.) ...
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Achille Mbembe's critique of desire in postcolony
In the postcolony, wherein a particular form of power rages, wherein
the dominant and the subjugated are specifically linked in one and the
same bundle of desire, enthusiasm for the end is often ...
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Current academics exponents of (classical) liberalism
First of all, I don't want to cause polemic with the question. I know it's a delicate issue and I don't want to touch personal susceptibilities. My question is more on ignorance since I am from ...
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Difference between the ensemble of organizations in an anarchy and a state?
Even an anarchy needs organizations to provide security, legal judgment, roads, etc. and to prepare large-scale plans and arrangements. Probably, for the sake of efficiency and harmony, there should ...
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What is structural power in Miranda Fricker's Epistemic Injustice?
I'm reading Epistemic Injustice by Miranda Fricker (looking at pages 10 and 11 here) and she starts out by defining power. One of the things she says is
[...] power can operate purely structurally.
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How many academic Philosophers in Australia are still influenced by John Anderson “Andersonians”
John Anderson was a well known Philosopher in at Sydney University whom influenced many involved in the Sydney push and the those involved in the sexual revolution of the 1960’s. Are any of his ideas ...
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What are Popper's views on employment and unemployment?
I recently read an interview where Popper ranked his interest in employment above education. Unfortunately, the interview was quite brief and didn't go further into Popper's thinking on this.
Q. What ...
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What was the scholastic position on Monarchy?
I'm trying to look into the history of medieval political thought, and I am struggling with the scholastics, especially Scotus and Albert. Does anyone know what their views were on Monarchy ...
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Is there some way to distinguish between "better" and "worse" political ideologies on some general level?
Is there some way to distinguish between "better" and "worse" political ideologies on some general level?
It's clear that there are some subjective beliefs/preferences such as being in favor of ...
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Couple of questions on Bernard Bolzano's philosophy of state
I read a summary of Bolzano's political views and his philosophy of the "best" state, and I have 3 questions -
A) was Bolzano heavily influenced by the USA? His line of thought for some of his ideas ...
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Is Webers definition of a nation state applicable in other contexts?
Max Weber, in his essay politics as a vocation defined the nation state as that which can 'successfully uphold a claim on the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a specific ...
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Is there a need for a new field of natural-practical philosophy?
Natural philosophy is now generally known as physics. Some ancient universities still call it natural philosophy. But all of science could be included under the term, natural philosophy. There is also ...
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Who wrote this uncited quote?
The following uncited quotation appears in The Early Modern European Catachism by Joshua Gibbs. He includes many quotes from philosophy and literature but does not cite any of his sources. Would ...
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The well-being of a minority depends on the ill-being of a majority?
Suppose a society with three classes of people. A are the very well-off, B are well-off, C are worst-off. The distribution of this classes is shown in the following triangle.
As you see, there is no ...
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How Biases and Prejudices Deviate the Philosophy of Peace in round table meeting of world politics
Why do politically strengthened nations deviate from the ideal of peace building and misuse power through bias, prejudice, and subjugation of others towards "peace," but not actual, absolute ...
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Has the concept of bodily integrity been discussed in the context of the human-nature relationship?
Human rights and many constitutions protect humans' bodily integrity. The concept is regularly linked to personal autonomy, freedom of movement and choice (Wikipedia).
The idea that the origin and ...
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Kant's disjunctive judgement and neoliberalism
Using the definition of neoliberalism (will not paste here), and Kan't third category being of relation, primarily his disjunctive judgement, hence community, and its application to the notion of ...
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Questions about Marx's second, third, and fourth thesis in ''Theses on Feuerbach''
The question whether objective truth can be attributed to human thinking is not a question of theory but is a practical question.
a. What does Marx mean here by ”objective truth,” what is he alluding ...
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Why does Hayek refer to French 'individualism' as the "Cartesian" school?
I am reading Frederick Hayek right now and saw that he refers to the French liberal tradition, what he calls French "individualism (vs the English liberal tradition of Smith, Ferguson, Burke, etc.) ...
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In Hegelian Dialectic is an antithesis ever a shift in the status quo, or only an opposition to the status quo?
I am trying to understand how the Hegelian dialectic evolves over time. I will use tn (where n is a constant integer) informally, such that tn+2 - tn+1 is not necessarily the same duration as tn+1 - ...
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Did Nietzsche have anything to say about the trans-Atlantic slavery trade?
Given that there are over 300 references to slavery in Nietzsches work did he, in any of his works, address what was the most significant revival of slavery since Graeco-Roman times, that is the trans-...
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Did Nietzsche elaborate on his notion of a 'political caste to rule over Europe'
In Aphorism 251 in Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzche says:
What is serious for me ... [is] the cultivation of a new caste to rule over Europe.
And according to Nietzschean scholar Ronald Beiner, when ...
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Understanding the act of banning
(I'm new to Philosophy Stack Exchange so let me know if I'm not wording things properly, if I have to improve my question, etc.)
I want to understand why humans always find a way to "ban" each other ...
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On Rousseau's consent and legitimacy
Right now I'm reading Rousseau's Second Discourse and Discourse on Political Economy. Rousseau describes the founding of civil society in the Second Discourse as a step that everyone agrees to, and ...
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How does Hegel develop the notion of freedom in his metaphysics?
It is agreed by everyone that liberty is a good thing; and one cannot have enough of a good thing; thus unlimited liberty must be one of the most perfect of goods.
For in liberty unlimited one can ...
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Singer's Principle of Sacrifice & Miller's Principle of Sympathy
The debating area is global political philosophy and is particularly about global distributive justice.
Singer's principle of Sacrifice: If it is one's power to prevent something very bad from ...
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Does analytical political philosophy discuss both capitalism and communism as an inheritence of Christianity?
John Gray, discusses in his book, Black Mass, the similarities between both Capitalism and Communism in terms of Christianity in a Post-Christian Europe - he calls them both Political Religion:
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Measuring freedom in republican theories?
The liberal, or pure negative, approach to freedom, which identifies freedom with non-interference, often allows for freedom to be measured, e.g. in the works of Ian Carter and Matthew Kramer.
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What did Hegel meant when he said that the universal continually engenders itself while maintaining its identity throughout the process?
The patriotic sentiment acquires its specifically determined content from the various members of the organism of the state. This organism is the development of the Idea to its differences and their ...
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how would Kant view the criminal justice systems of today's world?
for kant the sole purpose of punishment seemed to be retributivism and he believed in the principle of proportionality. given he was from a time when long term imprisonment wasn't a common punishment. ...
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What is or would be a good name for the thought current of seeking increased interconnection between beings?
This current is starting to be crucially important to pinpoint with the rise of technologies such as Neuralink, the latter explicitly adhering to this philosophy. I like the term noospherism but I ...
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Voting and evidential expected utility
Say there is a large election between two candidates 𝐴 and 𝐵. A winning would have a utility value of 100, B winning would have utility value 0. Going out and voting would add a (sub)value of -1 ...
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Can someone please help me understand this quote from the Manifesto?
" The bourgeoisie has disclosed how it came to pass that the brutal display of vigour in the Middle Ages , which Reactionists so much admire , found its fitting complement in the most slothful ...
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Has the phenomenon of equating two different ideas been studied?
While reading Henry Kissinger's book, Diplomacy, I came across several examples of thinkers conveniently, but constructively (meaning with good intentions), equating one concept with another. The ...
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What does 'language' mean in Political Philosophy?
This practical and critical objective is achieved in two steps. The first is a critical survey of the languages and practices in which the struggles arise, and various theoretical solutions are ...
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What type of logical fallacy happens here?
This has been going on a lot lately in my country. Usually, in a discussion where some antisocial behavior of an organization is being criticized, a supporter of the organization, usually a member of ...
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Is the term 'Quantum Supremacy' symptomatic of the sick state of quantum physics today?
I overheard the following dialogue recently:
Letitia: Quantum what?
Josef: Quantum supremacy!
Letitia: Is that a game quantum theorists play to show who is supreme in quantum mechanics?
Josef: No, ...
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Who said, "a parliament with no opposition should be dissolved"?
I've found a reference in a Jewish text from the mid-19th century to a "gentile sage" (an expression usually referring to a Greek philosopher, but it could be any non-Jewish person really) who said ...
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Has anyone discussed the computerisation of democracy?
Has anyone discussed the computerisation of democracy?
I read that a lot of middle class jobs are going to go missing soon, due to technological progress. Does that include government roles, such ...
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Is "class culture" an artificial construct or does it have "natural" motivation?
Is "class culture" an artificial construct or does it have "natural" motivation?
A lof of things, at least judging by internet, are associated or measured relative to socio-economic class. However, ...
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