Social philosophy and Political philosophy are both very closely related fields

of philosophy generally dealing with the role of the individual in society, as w

ell as the role of government.
Social philosophy is the philosophical study of questions about social behavior
(typically, of humans). Social philosophy addresses a wide range of subjects, fr
om individual meanings to legitimacy of laws, from the social contract to criter
ia for revolution, from the functions of everyday actions to the effects of scie
nce on culture, from changes in human demographics to the collective order of a
wasp's nest. Social philosophy attempts to understand the patterns and nuances,
changes and tendencies of societies. It is a wide field with many subdisciplines
.
There is often a considerable overlap between the questions addressed by social
philosophy and ethics or value theory. Other forms of social philosophy include
political philosophy and philosophy of law, which are largely concerned with the
societies of state and government and their functioning. Social philosophy, eth
ics, and political philosophy all share intimate connections with other discipli
nes in the social sciences. In turn, the social sciences themselves are of focal
interest to the philosophy of social science.
Political philosophy is the study of questions about the city, government, polit
ics, liberty, justice, property, rights, law and the enforcement of a legal code
by authority: what they are, why (or even if) they are needed, what makes a gov
ernment legitimate, what rights and freedoms it should protect and why, what for
m it should take and why, what the law is, and what duties citizens owe to a leg
itimate government, if any, and when it may be legitimately overthrown if ever. In
a vernacular sense, the term "political philosophy" often refers to a general v
iew, or specific ethic, political belief or attitude, about politics that does n
ot necessarily belong to the technical discipline of philosophy.
Political philosophy can also be understood by analysing it through the perspect
ives of metaphysics, epistemology and axiology thereby unearthing the ultimate r
eality side, the knowledge or methodical side and the value aspects of politics.
Three central concerns of political philosophy have been the political economy b
y which property rights are defined and access to capital is regulated, the dema
nds of justice in distribution and punishment, and the rules of truth and eviden
ce that determine judgments in the law.
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