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Parent topics
- Philosophy [r]: The study of the meaning and justification of beliefs about the most general, or universal, aspects of things. [e]
Subtopics
- Anarchism [r]: Doctrine that all forms of government are undesirable and should be abolished. [e]
- Aristotle [r]: (384-322 BCE) Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, and one of the most influential figures in the western world between 350 BCE and the sixteenth century. [e]
- Jeremy Bentham [r]: (1748–1832) British utilitarian political philosopher. [e]
- Isaiah Berlin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Communitarianism [r]: The view that the rights of the individuals to self-accomplishment should be balanced with duties and responsibilities toward society as well as by a stronger sense of the common good. [e]
- Ronald Dworkin [r]: A practicing physician and anesthesiologist who does research and writing in healthcare policy; senior fellow, Hudson Institute; PhD in political philosophy from the Johns Hopkins University [e]
- Milton Friedman [r]: Capitalist, libertarian economist and political theorist and winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics. [e]
- H. L. A. Hart [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Thomas Hobbes [r]: English political philosopher of the 17th century. [e]
- Justice [r]: The concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, fairness, religion and/or equity. [e]
- Liberalism [r]: Economic and political doctrine advocating free enterprise, free competition and free will. A shortcut word grouping a swath of people who allegedly hold similar values. The liberal ideal does not really exist, as no two people would likely define it exactly the same. Some of the generalizations that people make about liberals include that they are open to social change, not tied to traditional family values, not militaristic, lacking in fiscal restraint, and socially tolerant. [e]
- John Locke [r]: (1632–1704) English empiricist philosopher. [e]
- Niccolò Machiavelli [r]: (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) Italian philosopher and writer, considered one of the main founders of modern political science. [e]
- Karl Marx [r]: 19th century philosopher and economist. Creator of a theoretical foundation for Communism. [e]
- John Stuart Mill [r]: Leading 19th-century British philosopher who made major contributions to ethics, economics, and political philosophy. [e]
- Multiculturalism [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Robert Nozick [r]: (1938–2002) American political philosopher, known for Anarchy, State, and Utopia, which espoused libertarianism, minarchism and capitalism. [e]
- Plato [r]: (circa 427-347 BCE) Ancient Greek philosopher, whose dialogues, supposedly recording conversations with Socrates, contain many of the debates central to Western philosophy. [e]
- John Rawls [r]: (1921–2002) American liberal political philosopher and professor at Harvard University. [e]
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau [r]: (1712–1778) French author and philosopher. [e]
- Social choice theory [r]: The study of systems of collective decision-making. [e]
- Social contract [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Utilitarianism [r]: Add brief definition or description