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Political Philosophy vs. Social Philosophy

Political philosophy:


- deals with the legitimacy of government


Why are we bound to submit to laws?¡What holds political groups together?Must consent or contracts be explicit or merely implicit?


Social philosophy:


- deals with the problem of justice


Given a legitimate state, how can goods be apportioned fairly?Are there principles toguide this distribution

Plato

Naturallypolitical because we are not naturally self-sufficient.


Plato’sRepublic:


- Artisan class allowed to pursue pleasure and have stuff¡Guardian and Ruler class not permitted¢All goods provided for guardians¢Communal living¢No property¢No wives – lottery for procreation¢Lottery is rigged for eugenic purposes¡Communism for upper classes b/c lower classes cannot handlecommunismIntroductionof mythos – “The Noble Lie”¡Anomie

Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan

Stateegoism vs. personal egoism


Equalityof all


“Stateof Nature”


- State of scarcity


- Competition over resources – state of war


- Life is: “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”


- No morality because morality is dictated by power / the stateLegalPositivism – justice is what is legally called just as long as it can beenforced