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Describing questions about the philosophy of politics and society which investigate concerns like liberty, justice and equality.
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Socrates as a foot soldier and his political philosophy
Socrates is well known for his participation of several wars during his life span (for almost 30 years). It is believed that he was 48 at his final participation in a war. As an armed foot soldier, h …
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Where does Aristotle mention inequality and his solution to this?
What Chomsky said is garbage: cf., "Noam Chomsky on Madison and Aristotle." Chomsky claimed that Aristotle’s democracy, which he identified as participatory democracy, aimed to reduce economic inequa …
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Who first suggested that the state should hold the monopoly on violence?
In political science, the person who defined (rather postulated) the nation state as the territorial monopoly on violence is attributed to Max Weber.
Weber's own precise expression is "the monopoly o …
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What is the difference between the idea of the "social contract" in Hobbes and Locke?
The source of differences between Hobbes’ and Locke’ social contracts is their differing conceptions of the state of nature. For Hobbes absolute freedom is all that individuals have in the state of na …
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What's the purpose of politics?
I will address questions relating only the latter two in this post ("What do political philosophies aim for?", and "Why do people believe in political philosophies?" which I interpret as "What is the …
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Ethical evaluation of means used for wealth redistribution
The scheme of the progressive tax (and the consumption tax on luxury goods) indeed is used as a means to redistribute wealth, as it takes money away from the rich and gives it to the poor (in terms of …
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Is it advisable to study political philosophy without having a firm & detailed acquaintance ...
You do not need extensive knowledge of history to study political philosophy. Political philosophy in essence is a field of applied ethics: that is, it applies morality to a political entity. So what …
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How is agency involved in parliamentary democracy?
The question is in what way I make a difference through my vote, given that my vote has 0 probability to make any difference in the outcome in the majoritarian or Westminster democracy (term a la Aren …
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Understanding Rawls' Justice as Fairness?
What is the relationship among the different books of Rawls: A theory of justice, Political Liberalism and The Law of Peoples? The difference can be explained by Rawls’ motivations in writing the boo …
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Can it be said that the tenets of democracy are philosophical in nature? Why/ why not?
Your intuition that the core of democracy is an unspoken, unwritten, un-examined social contract is mostly right. While there are non social contract theories, e.g., instrumental (or utilitarian) argu …
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What are reasonable basic obligations of citizens in democratic societies?
The question is how much well-informed citizens need to be to exercise their democratic rights. The answer depends on theories of democracy. The duty of citizens to be well-informed can be very demand …
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