When people ask questions such as “What is freedom?” or “What is equality?” It can be said that they are beginning to “do” philosophy to a moderate extent because philosophic discussions begin with broad questions that can be approached and interpreted in a variety of ways. These questions can be interpreted literally, referring to the definitions of the words “Freedom” and “Equality”. In that case this would not be considered philosophy because there is not a pursuit of a deep understanding of these words as a concept. Alternatively they can be interpreted in terms of political philosophy, such as the meaning of freedom relative to how it functions in American society. Magee makes the point that these questions when interpreted like this
