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political philosophy

Planted Mar 2021 Tended 4 years ago Linked from 3 notes

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Political philosophy is ethics applied to groups, the theory of politics.

Some Fundamental Questions

  • What is a government?
  • What do governments and their citizens owe each other?
  • When may a government restrict its citizens “freedoms to” in order to guarantee their “freedoms from”?
  • What makes a government legitimate, and under what conditions may it be overthrown?

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