Specialist dictionary

Political philosophy

Justice, liberty, authority, rights and the legitimacy of political institutions.

Core vocabulary

86 featured terms

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Agencynoun

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Vall…

Authoritynoun

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Vall…

Autonomynoun

immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

Bureaunoun

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Vall…

Contractnoun

(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

Declarationnoun

(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

Equalitynoun

the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status

Federal agencynoun

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Vall…

Freedomnoun

the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints

Government agencynoun

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Vall…

Justicenoun

judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments

Legitimacynoun

lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law

Liberalismnoun

a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution

Libertynoun

immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

Officenoun

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Vall…

Philosophynoun

the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

Politicaladjective

of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power; "political opinions"

Socialadjective

relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society; "made fun of her being so social and high-toned"; "a social gossip column"; "the…

Social contractnoun

an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection

Utilitarianismnoun

doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness f…

Administrationnoun

the act of meting out justice according to the law

Aestheticsnoun

(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); "traditional aesthet…

Aetiologynoun

the philosophical study of causation

Ainoun

an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and ope…

Armynoun

the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare

Axiologynoun

the study of values and value judgments

Balancenoun

equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

Dialecticnoun

any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments

Enfranchisementnoun

freedom from political subjugation or servitude

Epistemologynoun

the philosophical theory of knowledge

Equivalencenoun

essential equality and interchangeability

Estheticsnoun

(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); "traditional aesthet…

Ethicsnoun

the philosophical study of moral values and rules

Etiologynoun

the philosophical study of causation

Evennessnoun

the quality of being balanced

Independencenoun

freedom from control or influence of another or others

Independencynoun

freedom from control or influence of another or others

Isometrynoun

equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.)

Judicaturenoun

the act of meting out justice according to the law

Jurisprudencenoun

the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

Lawnoun

the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

Legal philosophynoun

the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

Libertynoun

freedom of choice; "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of worship"; "liberty — perfect liberty — to think or feel or do just as one pleases"; "at lib…

Libertynoun

personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression

Logicnoun

the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

Metaphysicsnoun

the philosophical study of being and knowing

Moral philosophynoun

the philosophical study of moral values and rules

Navynoun

the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces

Organnoun

a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function; "The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Departmen…

Playnoun

the removal of constraints; "he gave free rein to his impulses"; "they gave full play to the artist's talent"

Self-determinationnoun

government of a political unit by its own people

Self-governmentnoun

government of a political unit by its own people

Transcendental philosophynoun

any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material

Transcendentalismnoun

any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material

Autarchynoun

economic independence as a national policy

Autonomynoun

personal independence

Bioethicsnoun

the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences

Casuistrynoun

moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas

Cidnoun

the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anyw…

Constabularynoun

the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"

contract lawnoun

that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts

Cosmologynoun

the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe

Discretionnoun

freedom to act or judge on one's own

Endaemonismnoun

an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason

Ethical nihilismnoun

the meta-ethical view that nothing is intrinsically moral or immoral.; "The moral nihilism of celebrity culture is played out on reality televis…

Eudemonismnoun

an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason

Hedonismnoun

an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good

Latitudenoun

freedom from normal restraints in conduct; "allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money"

Lawnoun

the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"

Licencenoun

freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

Licencenoun

excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near" - Will Durant; "the intolerable license with whic…

Licensenoun

freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

Licensenoun

excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near" - Will Durant; "the intolerable license with whic…

Methodological analysisnoun

the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline

Methodologynoun

the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline

Moral nihilismnoun

the meta-ethical view that nothing is intrinsically moral or immoral.; "The moral nihilism of celebrity culture is played out on reality televis…

Ontologynoun

the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence

Paritynoun

functional equality

Policenoun

the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"

Post officenoun

an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and busines…

Runnoun

unrestricted freedom to use; "he has the run of the house"

Secnoun

an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors

Self-reliancenoun

personal independence

Self-sufficiencynoun

personal independence

Sovereigntynoun

government free from external control

Syllogisticnoun

in logic, the formal analysis of logical terms and operators and the structures that make it possible to infer true conclusions from given premi…