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IMPORTANCE OF PHILOSOPHY IN:

1.POLITICAL-

Philosophy in Politics is important because of it’s broader scope, tackling

the political nature of phenomena and categories such

as identity, culture, sexuality, race, wealth, human-nonhuman

relations, ecology, religion, and more. Political philosophy is a subset of

philosophy concerned specifically with the ideas of how to best organize and

govern a society. It is the backbone of every civilization - whether they called it

political philosophy or anything else. Traditionally, a lot of political philosophy

(loose sense of the term) rested on religious ideas; not just in terms of “god-kings”

but also in terms of what it is that a society is, what it strives to accomplish, and

how the governing system and the people are supposed to function inside that

system.

The differences in political philosophies, however they come to be

articulated, make for the differences in how different states are governed. The

difference between, say, the UK and the US is a matter of different political

philosophies.
 It should be noted that various political philosophies developed in their own

contexts, and quite often undergo any number of revisions over time - as the

context of the application changes (e.g. acceptance of slavery), as new political

ideas are considered, and as we discover that other ideas exert influence onto the

political realm (e.g. economics plays a big role in how we understand the role of

the people and government, but that’s a relatively new discovery).

What separates modern political philosophy from the traditional ideas is

generally the fact that today it is seen as a field of study in its own right, and not

just a background set of guiding principles. As a result, a lot more attention is paid

to the inner workings of political theories, the implications they generate for the

society at large, how various contextual issues in theory and application play out

with the people and the functionality of the government, etc.

That said, a number of rather traditional authors also considered many of

these issues, though not in the same kind of framework we do. Plato and Aristotle

are obvious examples in classical Greek thought. Romans are just chock-full of

political philosophers. St. Augustine, for example, spent quite a bit of time on
political philosophy - though from the perspective of Christian theology. So did St.

Aquinas. In China, on the other hand, just about all philosophy traditionally

connected to political philosophy. A great deal of Hindu philosophy also tied into

political philosophy. Islamic empires had a large share of political philosophers,

with al Kindi (d. 873), al Farabi (d. 950), and ibn Khaldun (d. 1406) being some of

the more prominent names.

Political philosophy is significant because it is the articulated expression of

social organization of a society and culture. It reveals the underlying principles to

which the people have committed themselves (or at least have failed to rebel

against), and which exposes the metaphysical-ethical substructure of a society.

A decent way to think of this idea is in terms of strategy games. The AI

governing the opposing side is a series of core rules, coupled with adaptive and

flexible strategies. Knowing these rules can allow you to understand how a system

will act and react, and predict where it is headed. With old strategy games, where

the AI was rather weak, you could actually figure out exactly what was coming.

Imagine if you could do that for a modern-day society.

 2. ETHICS-

Ethics is important in philosophy because its teaches us the ought of an

action. Ethical questions includes why should the good be done instead of its

opposite. What makes an action right or wrong? It enables an individual to be able

to understand the process through which social norms are adopted and also

question these norms and test them with the tools of logic and common sense.

Ethics play an incredibly important role to the society because it arises from

the conscience or a sense to determine right and wrong. ... However, ethics does

not develop itself without moral philosophy, sociology,

psychology. Ethics primarily exists in interaction of individual and society.

3. SPORTS-

Sports have outcomes based on actions.

Philosophy is used to highlight important key factors of a result. It

essentially is a history lesson that we all can learn from. Philosophy tries to prevent

certain mistakes so that history doesn’t repeat itself.

 In a sport, mistakes are crucial. Making the same mistakes will hurt in the

same way. To prevent it from happening, philosophy is used.

Example: Many losing teams have come back to win a series because the

leading team starts to take it easy. So the philosophy of “keeping the foot on the

gas” and “never give up” is used to keep winning or losing teams motivated to win.

It reminds good teams that they can’t take opponents for granted because a loss can

be given to anyone and it reminds bad teams that they have a shot at winning no

matter what because a win can be given to anyone. The score determines a win or

loss, not the talent.Important questions in philosophy of sport are concerned with

the social virtues of sport, the aesthetics of sporting performances and display,

the epistemology of individual and team strategy and techniques, sporting ethics,

the logic of rules in sport, metaphysics of sport as a component of human nature or

instinct

4. LAW-

I believe philosophy's greatest contribution to law is its language rich

environment. Philosophy requires extensive explanation, discussion, argument. In

fact it includes the study of logic and argument. In studying philosophy you
become more adept at the use and understanding of language--clearly a useful skill

in the application of law.

Philosophy of law often aims to distinguish law from other systems of

norms, such as morality (see ethics) or other social conventions

5. DAILY LIFE-

Philosophy is a Greek word that is often translated as “the love of wisdom.”

In other words, philosophy is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge,

reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.

Applying philosophy into daily living, it can definitely help me live a better life. It

gives me the opportunity to improve how I can analyze and evaluate a situation or

an idea, as well as, enhance my reasoning and critical skills, such as critical

thinking, problem solving, proper judgement and decision making. Additionally, it

widens my perspective and standpoint on a topic, allowing me to think fairly and

honestly. To think about it, every day of my life is full events that involve

philosophical questions.

It helps us solve our problems -mundane or abstract, and it helps us make

better decisions by developing our critical thinking (very important in the age of

disinformation). But it's boring, you say. It's hard to understand, you say. As it

turns out, philosophy does not have to be a big snooze-fest.

Philosophy benefits people from all different walks of life because it allows

us to self actualize, deepen our sense of reason and purpose, maintain a safe

society and understand different perspectives. Socrates once said, “The

unexamined life is not worth living.” pg 21 This means that we as individuals must

examine our lives to find out who we truly are and what we truly live for. This is

critically important for us to do because if we do not know what we are living for

we would not become…