PHILOSOPHY / Social

Paper · Semantic Scholar

This study explored Judith Butler’s idea of gender identity. The topic is important because gender is a subject of debate in philosophy, feminism, and society today. Butler challenges the belief that gender is something fixed from birth. She argues that gender is performed through repeated actions, words, and behaviors shaped by society. Her theory, called gender performativity, shows that gender roles are created b…

Reference · Wikidata

value-based analysis of social phenomena

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Social philosophy is the study and interpretation of society and social institutions in terms of ethical values rather than empirical relations. Social philosophers emphasize understanding the social contexts for political, legal, moral and cultural questions, and the development of novel theoretical frameworks, from social ontology to care ethics to cosmopolitan theories of democracy, natural law, human rights, gen…

Book · DOAB

Marc Cohen, trust, philosophy of trust, trustworthiness, moral relationships, therapeutic trust, generalized trust, obligations, calculativeness, commitments, intrinsic goods, moral psychology, social philosophy

Full text · Open Library

*The Social Contract*, originally published as *On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right* (French: *Du contrat social; ou, Principes du droit politique*), is a 1762 French-language book by the Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The book theorizes about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which Rousseau had already identified in h…

Image · DPLA

Includes index