Topic: Political Philosophy.?

Question

After explaining and understanding the arguments of justice usd by our greek philospophers, (plato, polemarchus,...) our catholics, (augustine, aquinas,...) our protestants, (calvin, luther,...) and our modern.(hobbes,locke,rousseau...) Then go on to explain what is gained, and what is lost as we move closer to the modern world. And why does smith, who wrote a theroy of moral stentiments, go on to write the wealth of nations as a theory of politcal economy?

Answer 1

I should think you are a student of philosophy. Understandable.

For many of us, toddlers in the realm of philosophy , these are jargons that are of nouse in our daily life. It is like analysing why an apple is falling down and what is the formula of gravity. We are interested to know whether the apple will fall or we have to plck it.

Today`s political philosophy , as we lay persons understand , is to be selfish to protect their country, their religion , there comforts and their clan. If it suits them ( to gain more in the long run) they will show some charity attitude. Within and without the country "dog eat dog" is the political philosophy.

Now you fit in your Smiths, calvins, Luthers and see where ( if) they fiit in.

Answer 2

Does not sound to rhyme so well.. something like, a passerby once happened to remark 'I wonder how two people could be buried within this same & small grave' ,looking at an epitaph "Here lies an honest man and a lawyer" !
Politicians(even though they may present themselves as religious preachers , economists or any other name too!), usually oppose philosophers, and successfully too, due to the clout they enjoy... from time immemorial.... even a great person like Socrates succumbed !