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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Was Karl Marx a Marxist? [closed]
A Marxist is a person who analyzes society through class struggle, advocating for the working class (proletariat) to overthrow capitalism, and aiming to establish a classless, communist society where ...
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Should there be limits to freedom of speech? If so, must these limits be rational? [closed]
Freedom of speech appears to include the right to say hateful things and the right to lie in order to harm others. It has been proposed that freedom of speech can justifiably be curtailed to avoid ...
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Can law perform the work it is routinely asked to perform without presupposing a justification it cannot have? [closed]
For law to do the work people demand of it—“make racism illegal,” “ban this harm,” “protect that group”—it must be treated as if it possesses the very kind of justification it cannot have. The system ...
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To what extent have ethics, political and legal philosophy concretely shaped modern law?
By "ethics", I am referring to normative ethical theory (Kant, Bentham, etc.), not the professional code of conduct/professional responsibility required for being a lawyer. I am also setting ...
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What are Philosophers doing to influence society? [closed]
Recently I posted a question about God and Humans and War. This question was borne out of current world affairs, with multiple wars going on around the World. So taking that concept further those who ...
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Permissibility of private arbitration in libertarian minarchism (Nozick)
Justification of the Minimal State by Nozick
As we know, Robert Nozick derived the existence of the minimal state as being justified by natural law in his seminal work Anarchy, State, and Utopia ...
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In what ways do "contemporary relations of production stand in the way of conclusion?"
Near the end of The Burnout Society, Byung-Chul Han writes:
It is impossible to reward oneself or to acknowledge oneself. (...) Because the structure of gratification has been disturbed, the ...
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What is neo-feudalism, and how likely is it to be our near future? [closed]
I keep hearing political theorists, historians and bloggers say that neo-feudalism is our near future and that recent trends point in that direction. (For a research-level assessment, see Kollai[20] ...
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Should there be a hierarchy of rights? [closed]
Should there be a hierarchy of rights?
We usually dislike the idea of having a hierarchy of rights, because we like to think of rights as inalienable and undeprivable, but the practical reality is ...
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Does the FRP affect how the bourgeoisie are alienated from each other?
(There seems to be a mistaken belief that Marxian economics is a historical movement. It is not and simply functions with a different philosophical framework than the Chicago school of economics. Like ...
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What's the difference between democracy and totalitarianism if, even in democracy, we must respect laws set by parties we didn't vote for?
If we admit that voting in a democracy can bring about change, then what is the purpose of having multiple parties to choose from? When a party loses an election, we are still required to respect the ...
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Should goverments be held to the same moral standard as the citizen? [closed]
It is often been the case in human history that goverments are directly responsible for very heinous crimes. However, does it make sense to consider them immoral?
The average citizen:
Consider the ...
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Can Political Philosophy describe Trumpism? [closed]
Political Philosophy and Trumpism: Academics have employed various
political philosophy concepts to analyze Trumpism. One interpretation
places Trump within the realist school of thought, emphasizing ...
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What exactly is Trotskyism?
When it comes to the currents of 'Marxism' (in quotes because some scholars do not even think he was a Marxist at all, but a crypto-bourgeois opportunist), none confuses me as much as Trotskyism.
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Is violence ever morally justifiable to restore dignity in conditions of extreme passive coercion? [closed]
I came up with a thought experiment to reach the limits of reason, to bring to light what I consider a very important problem.
Is violence justified in matters of dignity, or lack thereof?
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