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{{Short description|Branch of philosophy}} |
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'''Social philosophy''' examines questions about the foundations of social [[institution]]s, [[social behavior]], and interpretations of [[society]] in terms of [[Value (ethics)|ethical values]] rather than empirical relations.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20philosophy | title=Definition of SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY}}</ref> Social philosophers emphasize understanding the social contexts for political, legal, moral and cultural questions, and the development of novel theoretical frameworks, from [[social ontology]] to [[ethics of care|care ethics]] to cosmopolitan theories of democracy, [[natural law]], human rights, gender equity and global justice.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14679833/homepage/ProductInformation.html|title=Overview - Journal of Social Philosophy - Wiley Online Library|website=onlinelibrary.wiley.com|doi=<!-- none -->}}</ref> |
'''Social philosophy''' examines questions about the foundations of social [[institution]]s, [[social behavior|behavior]], [[Power structure|power structures]], and interpretations of [[society]] in terms of [[Value (ethics)|ethical values]] rather than empirical relations.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20philosophy | title=Definition of SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY}}</ref> Social philosophers emphasize understanding the social contexts for political, legal, moral and cultural questions, and the development of novel theoretical frameworks, from [[social ontology]] to [[ethics of care|care ethics]] to [[Cosmopolitanism|cosmopolitan]] theories of [[democracy]], [[natural law]], [[human rights]], gender equity and [[global justice]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14679833/homepage/ProductInformation.html|title=Overview - Journal of Social Philosophy - Wiley Online Library|website=onlinelibrary.wiley.com|doi=<!-- none -->}}</ref> |
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==Subdisciplines== |
==Subdisciplines== |
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There is often a considerable overlap between the questions addressed by social philosophy and [[ethics]] or [[value theory]]. |
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 [[jurisprudence]], which are largely concerned with the societies of [[State (polity)|state]] and [[government]] and their functioning. |
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Social philosophy, ethics, and political philosophy all share intimate connections with other disciplines in the [[social sciences]] and the [[humanities]]. |
Social philosophy, ethics, and political philosophy all share intimate connections with other disciplines in the [[social sciences]] and the [[humanities]]. In turn, the social sciences themselves are of focal interest to the [[philosophy of social science]]. |
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Social philosophy is broadly interdisciplinary, looking at all of [[Phenomenology (philosophy)|phenomenology]], [[epistemology]], and [[philosophy of language]] from a sociological perspective; [[Phenomenology (sociology)|phenomenological sociology]], [[social epistemology]] and [[sociology of language]] respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-14 |title=Social Philosophy |url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/philosophy/research/themes/social-philosophy |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=www.sheffield.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://socialphilosophy.yolasite.com/|title=Social Philosophy|publisher=Cavite State University Main Campus}}</ref> |
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==Relevant issues== |
==Relevant issues== |
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{{Prose|section|date=April 2013}} |
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Some social philosophy is concerned with [[identity]], and definining [[Social stratification|strata]] that categorize society, for example [[race]] and [[gender]]. Other social philosophy examines [[agency]] and [[free will]], and whether people [[Socialization|socialized]] in a particular way are [[accountable]] for their actions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is social philosophy? - The University of Nottingham |url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/nottingham-centre-for-social-philosophy/what-is-social-philosophy/what-is-social-philosophy.aspx |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=www.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref> |
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* [[Human agency|Agency]] and [[free will]] |
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It also looks at the concepts of [[property]], [[rights]], and [[authority]], examining actions in terms of both ethical values and their wider social effect; it applies [[situational ethics]] to broader political concepts. |
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Sociology of language considers communication in the context of social relations, for example [[Speech act|speech acts]] or [[Performative utterance|performative utterances]] are social actions in themselves. |
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* The [[will to power]] |
* The [[will to power]] |
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* [[Accountability]] |
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* [[Speech acts]] |
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* [[Situational ethics]] |
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* [[Identity (philosophy)|Identity]] |
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* [[Property]] |
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* [[Rights]] |
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* [[Authority]] |
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* [[Ideologies]] |
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* [[Cultural criticism]] |
* [[Cultural criticism]] |
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== Social philosophies == |
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{{See also|List of political ideologies}} |
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* [[Communitarianism]] |
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* [[Conflict theories|Conflict theory]] |
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* [[Conservatism]] |
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* [[Critical theory]] |
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* [[Positivism]] |
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* [[Progressivism]] |
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* [[Structural functionalism]] |
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* [[Social constructionism]] |
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* [[Symbolic interactionism]] |
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* [[Sociological theory]] |
* [[Sociological theory]] |
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* [[Sociology]] |
* [[Sociology]] |
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* [[Critical theory]] |
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* [[Feminist theory]] |
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* [[Critical race theory]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 15:43, 13 April 2024
Social philosophy examines questions about the foundations of social institutions, behavior, power structures, and interpretations of society in terms of ethical values rather 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, from social ontology to care ethics to cosmopolitan theories of democracy, natural law, human rights, gender equity and global justice.[2]
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 jurisprudence, which are largely concerned with the societies of state and government and their functioning.
Social philosophy, ethics, and political philosophy all share intimate connections with other disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities. In turn, the social sciences themselves are of focal interest to the philosophy of social science.
Social philosophy is broadly interdisciplinary, looking at all of phenomenology, epistemology, and philosophy of language from a sociological perspective; phenomenological sociology, social epistemology and sociology of language respectively.[3][4]
Relevant issues
Some social philosophy is concerned with identity, and definining strata that categorize society, for example race and gender. Other social philosophy examines agency and free will, and whether people socialized in a particular way are accountable for their actions.[5]
It also looks at the concepts of property, rights, and authority, examining actions in terms of both ethical values and their wider social effect; it applies situational ethics to broader political concepts.
Sociology of language considers communication in the context of social relations, for example speech acts or performative utterances are social actions in themselves.
Other relevant issues considered by social philosophy are:
Social philosophies
- Communitarianism
- Conflict theory
- Conservatism
- Critical theory
- Individualism
- Positivism
- Progressivism
- Structural functionalism
- Social constructionism
- Symbolic interactionism
Social philosophers
A list of philosophers that have concerned themselves, although most of them not exclusively, with social philosophy:
- Theodor Adorno
- Giorgio Agamben
- Hannah Arendt
- Alain Badiou
- Mikhail Bakunin
- Jean Baudrillard
- Walter Benjamin
- Jeremy Bentham
- Edmund Burke
- Judith Butler
- Thomas Carlyle
- Chanakya
- Cornelius Castoriadis
- Noam Chomsky
- Confucius
- Simone de Beauvoir
- Guy Debord
- Émile Durkheim
- Terry Eagleton
- Friedrich Engels
- Julius Evola
- Michel Foucault
- Sigmund Freud
- Erich Fromm
- Giovanni Gentile
- Henry George
- Erving Goffman
- Jürgen Habermas
- G. W. F. Hegel
- Martin Heidegger
- Thomas Hobbes
- Max Horkheimer
- Ivan Illich
- Carl Jung
- Ibn Khaldun
- Peter Kropotkin
- Jacques Lacan
- R. D. Laing
- Henri Lefebvre
- Emmanuel Levinas
- John Locke
- Georg Lukács
- Herbert Marcuse
- Karl Marx
- Marshall McLuhan
- John Stuart Mill
- Huey P. Newton
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Michael Oakeshott
- Antonie Pannekoek
- Plato
- Karl Popper
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
- John Rawls
- Wilhelm Röpke
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- John Ruskin
- Bertrand Russell
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- Alfred Schmidt
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- Roger Scruton
- Socrates
- Pitirim A. Sorokin
- Thomas Sowell
- Herbert Spencer
- Oswald Spengler
- Charles Taylor
- Alexis de Tocqueville
- Max Weber
- John Zerzan
- Slavoj Žižek
See also
- Outline of sociology
- Social simulation
- Social theory
- Sociological theory
- Sociology
- Critical theory
- Feminist theory
- Critical race theory
References
- ^ "Definition of SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY".
- ^ "Overview - Journal of Social Philosophy - Wiley Online Library". onlinelibrary.wiley.com.
- ^ "Social Philosophy". www.sheffield.ac.uk. 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "Social Philosophy". Cavite State University Main Campus.
- ^ "What is social philosophy? - The University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-13.