General philosophy

General philosophy

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totalitarianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A typology employed by political scientists to describe modern regimes in which the state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private behavior. Totalitarian regimes mobilize entire ...

A group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy that advocates that there is an ideal spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and empirical and is only realized through a ...

universalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Synonym for moral universalism, as a compromise between moral relativism and moral absolutism.

utilitarianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Theory of ethics based on quantitative maximization of total welfare for a specific population of humans. It is a form of consequentialism. Welfare is generally described hedonistically. ...

utopianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The many various social and political movements, and a significant body of religious and secular literature, based upon the idea that paradise is achievable on earth.

value pluralism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The idea that two or more moral values may be equally ultimate (true), yet in conflict. In addition, it postulates that in many cases, such incompatible values, may be rationally incommensurable. As ...

verificationism

Philosophy; General philosophy

An epistemic theory of truth based on the idea that the mind engages in a certain kind of activity: "verifying" a proposition. The distinctive claim of verificationism is that the result of such ...