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Social philosophy

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Social philosophyexamines questions about the foundations of socialinstitutions,behavior,power structures,and interpretations ofsocietyin terms ofethical valuesrather than empirical relations.[1]Social philosophers emphasize understanding the social contexts for political, legal, moral and cultural questions, and the development of novel theoretical frameworks, fromsocial ontologytocare ethicstocosmopolitantheories ofdemocracy,natural law,human rights,gender equity andglobal justice.[2]

Subdisciplines[edit]

There is often a considerable overlap between the questions addressed by social philosophy andethicsorvalue theory.Other forms of social philosophy includepolitical philosophyandjurisprudence,which are largely concerned with the societies ofstateandgovernmentand their functioning.

Social philosophy, ethics, and political philosophy all share intimate connections with other disciplines in thesocial sciencesand thehumanities.In turn, the social sciences themselves are of focal interest to thephilosophy of social science.

Social philosophy is broadly interdisciplinary, looking at all ofphenomenology,epistemology,andphilosophy of languagefrom a sociological perspective;phenomenological sociology,social epistemologyandsociology of languagerespectively.[3][4]

Relevant issues[edit]

Some social philosophy is concerned with identity, and definingstratathat categorize society, for exampleraceandgender.Other social philosophy examinesagencyandfree will,and whether peoplesocializedin a particular way areaccountablefor their actions.[5]

It also looks at the concepts ofproperty,rights,andauthority,examining actions in terms of both ethical values and their wider social effect; it appliessituational ethicsto broader political concepts.

Sociology of language considers communication in the context of social relations, for examplespeech actsorperformative utterancesare social actions in themselves.

Other relevant issues considered by social philosophy are:

Social philosophies[edit]

See also:List of political ideologies

Social philosophers[edit]

A list of philosophers that have concerned themselves, although most of them not exclusively, with social philosophy:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Definition of SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY".
  2. ^"Overview - Journal of Social Philosophy - Wiley Online Library".onlinelibrary.wiley.
  3. ^"Social Philosophy".sheffield.ac.uk.2023-12-14.Retrieved2024-04-13.
  4. ^"Social Philosophy".Cavite State University Main Campus.
  5. ^"What is social philosophy? - The University of Nottingham".nottingham.ac.uk.Retrieved2024-04-13.
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