Political Philosophy

American Political Philosophy

Every society has a structure and a way in which they think . Human beings who live together in a society have a way of viewing thinks and there is a way by which things are done in such a society . In to understand beings , it is important to look at the society in which they live and evaluate the structure , the governance , the family structure and the economic system that operates in such a society (Miller . The branch of philosophy that studies this is called political philosophy

Generally , it

has been argued that there are mainly four schools of thoughts under political philosophy (Moseley . This includes libertarianism , liberalism , socialism and communitarianism . As a political school of thought , libertarianism holds that the role of any government is protection of its citizens from outside invaders and internal criminals against the violation of the rights of the citizens Libertarianism is a political theory school of thought that emphasizes negative rights . On the other hand , socialism is opposed to libertarianism and it emphasizes the role of positive rights (Nozick It believes in the central ownership of the means of production (Moseley . Liberalism is a political theory between libertarianism and socialism defended by John Rawls . It advocates for principles such a fairness , justice , equality and freedom of the citizens of a state Communitarianism holds that the way things have been done in the part when men live a communal life is the way the society should be structured . They believe in...