. The study of philosophical problems arising from economics, anthropology, sociology and social psychology. It borders on philosophy of mind since it studies concepts involved in action like motive, intention, freewill, responsibility. However, it...

Social and Political Philosophy It is generally agreed that the central task of social and political philosophy is to provide a justification for coercive institutions. Coercive institutions range in size from the family to the nation-state and world...

American sociology, with the significant exception of symbolic interactionism, generally has turned to Europe for a philosophical grounding. The years after World War II, when Talcott Parsons at Harvard and Paul Lazarsfeld and Robert Merton at Columbia...

Social philosophy is the philosophical study of questions about social behavior (typically, of humans). Social philosophy addresses a wide range of subjects, from individual meanings to legitimacy of laws, from the social contract to criteria for...

It is the purpose of this essay to consider but three questions regarding the social philosophy of Henry George that have to now received insufficient attention: George's views with respect to the nationalization of land, the efficacy of socialism, and the place of the...

The luxurious appearance of many assisted living communities is their most visible difference from the typical nursing home. It serves as a marketing tool, helping to ease the reluctance that adult children tend to feel about coaxing faltering parents from their homes. Yet...

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has been embraced in a most unlikely place: at Bob Jones University, the influential Christian college that teaches that his Mormon church is a cult.In early voting South Carolina, Romney has picked up support among the evangelicals and social conservatives who...

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has been embraced in a most unlikely place: at Bob Jones University, the influential Christian college that teaches that his Mormon church is a cult.In early-voting South Carolina, Romney has picked up support among the evangelicals and social conservatives who are...