Political philosophy, or political theory, is the study of topics such as politics, liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of laws by authority: what they are, why (or even if) they are needed, what, if anything, makes a government legitimate, what rights and freedoms it should protect and why, what form it should take and why, what the law is, and what duties citizens owe to a legitimate government, if any, and when it may be legitimately overthrown, if ever.
In a vernacular sense, the term "political philosophy" often refers to a general view, or specific ethic, political belief or attitude, about politics, synonymous to the term "political ideology".
For similar topics see the following categories also:
- Political ideologies
- Political theories for theoretic concepts related to political systems
- Political systems
- Political culture
Subcategories
This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.
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- Concepts in political philosophy (99 P)
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Pages in category "Political philosophy"
The following 137 pages are in this category, out of 137 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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- Patriarchalism
- Perfectionist liberalism
- Philosophy of human rights
- Pirate haven
- Pirate utopia
- Pluralist commonwealth
- Plutocracy
- Political consciousness
- Political ethics
- Political obligation
- Political opportunism
- Political particularism
- Political subjectivity
- Political theology
- Post-politics
- Postsecularism
- Present age
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- School of Diplomacy
- Secular liberalism
- Secularism
- Security, Territory, Population
- Socialist self-management
- Seniority
- The Sexual Contract
- Small government
- Social choice theory
- Social credit
- Social democracy
- Social exclusion
- Soft tyranny
- Spatial justice
- State of exception
- State socialism
- Statolatry
- Synoecism
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