MPSE-003: WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT (From
Plato to Marx)
Course Code: MPSE-003
Assignment Code: ASST/MPSE-003//2016-17
Total Marks: 100
Q.
1. Discuss the relationship between political thought and political science.
Ans.
Relationship between Political Thought and Political Science: Political
thought is the study of concepts such as 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 government legitimate, what rights and
freedoms it should protect and why, what form it should take and why, what the
law is, and what duties citizens owe to a legitimate 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 view, or specific ethic,
political belief or attitude, about politics that does not necessarily belong
to the technical discipline of philosophy. Political philosophy can also be
understood by analysing it through the perspectives of metaphysics,
epistemology and axiology thereby unearthing the ultimate reality side, the
knowledge or methodical side and the value aspects of politics. Three central
concerns of political philosophy have been the political economy by which
property rights are defined and access to capital is regulated, the demands of
justice in distribution and punishment, and the rules of truth and evidence
that determine judgments in the law.
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