Political Philosophy
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Political Philosophy
Political philosophy’s are the theories and ideas of those who believe that
they have an answer to the questions that politics raise in society. The
questions that these political philosophers set out to answer range from
describing what the state of nature is to what type of regimes are necessary to
tame and organize the nature of man. The ideas that they come up with are not
all that original. Plato, an early political philosopher and student of
Socrates, set out to come up with a society that would function properly. His
ideal society would consist of rulers, guardians, and the masses. All of which
are molded at a young age to play a societal role in order to contribute to the
betterment of their social arena. Plato has gone down in history as one of the
better political philosophers to ever live, and arguably the best. While looking
at what a society needs, he was able to recognize the needs of a society as well
as the needs of the individual. He # humbled the ego of man, when he
acknowledged that one individual could not survive on his own and that all
people are dependent on others to survive. His idea of an organized community
has been the focus of many political philosophy debates and has been a stepping
stone from which many philosophers have created their own ideal social
environment. Though their theories may not be identical to Plato’s, signs of
his structures are definitely evident. Thomas Hobbes, a political philosopher in
the seventeenth century, had many theories and ideas that seemed to have
coincided with Plato’s thoughts. Hobbes view of the state of nature was a very
primitive one. He felt that in the state of nature there was a war of every man
against every man to survive. In the natural state, justice was impossible,
because without set limits and structures, everyone has the rights to everything
and anarchy is almost inevitable. The only way to escape the unfortunate fate of
anarchy would be for everyone to agree to a covenant. In this covenant, all the
people would give up their rights and create a sovereign. The conditions of the
covenant was to give the sovereign full discretion in dealing with citizens. It
was up to the sovereign to protect the lives of the citizens. Quite ironically,
the sovereign also had the right to have any citizen # killed. Fortunately, the
citizens did not give up their right to fight back and were allowed to, usually
to no avail. As long as the sovereign was keeping the majority of c...
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