Political philosophy

Political philosophy

Political philosophy is the study of topics such as liberty, justice, rights, laws, and the enforcement of legal code.

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Deontological ethics

Philosophy; Political philosophy

Ethical theories according to which what I ought to do is whatever it is my moral duty to do.

Equivalence Thesis

Philosophy; Political philosophy

The idea that letting people die of starvation is as bad as killing them.

Analytic philosophy

Philosophy; Political philosophy

The predominant twentieth-century philosophical tradition in English-speaking countries; analytic philosophy has its roots in British empiricism and holds that analysis is the proper method of ...

Liberalism

Philosophy; Political philosophy

A political philosophy whose basic tenet is that each individual should have the maximum freedom consistent with the freedom of others.

Socialism

Philosophy; Political philosophy

The theory that communal ownership of land, capital, and he means of production is the best way of serving the common good.

Normative ethics

Philosophy; Political philosophy

A system of moral value judgments together with their justifications.

A central idea of John Rawls's theory of justice, referred to as the difference principle, is that inequalities in the distribution of relevant goods are just if and only if these inequalities are ...