What is Political Philosophy?
By Christopher Ryan Maboloc, PhD The advent of the World War II did not only destroy the social, economic, and moral fabric of human society. It also erased man’s faith in reason itself. The rise of fascism and Nazism in modern day Europe meant that men no longer believed in reasonableness. Even the most learned have surrendered their destiny into the hands of cruel despots and evil tyrants who will stop at nothing in inflicting an endless suffering to the powerless. Political philosophy after the war ended became a mere abstraction of human society’s deepest thoughts about life and justice. Human civilization has suddenly lost its passion for freedom and equality. Philosophy turned into language and extracted in the most esoteric way the meaning of each proposition. Politics meant nothing to scholars who would rather confine themselves to linguistic analysis. And yet, there is no way of escaping the political. Many political upheavals during the sixties