SOCIAL &

POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY
SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY

■ A BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY THAT DEALS

WITH SOCIAL PROBLEMS
■ PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN SOCIETY
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
■ MOST IMPORTANT INTELLECTUAL DISCIPLINES
VOLTAIRE
■ BELIEVED ABOVE ALL IN THE EFFICACY OF
REASON
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU

■ BELIEVED IN THE INNATE GOODNESS

OF MAN AND IN BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
FOUNDED UPON UNIVERSAL NATURAL
LAW
THOMAS HOBBES

■ BELIEVED THAT THE ONLY TRUE AND

CORRECT FORM OF GOVERNMENT WAS
THE ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
JOHN STUART MILL
■ BELIVED IN THE PHILOSOPHY
OF UTILITARIANISM