My thoughts

Political philosophy means using the works of past thinkers to solve modern world problems in different fields. Political philosophy lay bare the fundamental problems facing the world today. Through the great thinkers like Hobbes, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Adam Smith, and others, political philosophy defines problems that modern scholars and thinkers can use to make sense of their world.

The past great thinkers like Plato, Hobbes, Adam Smiths, Aristotle, and others asked specific critical questions that modern scholars continue to ask today. Though their questions and works do not provide ready-made answers to the current world problems like terrorism, ethnic conflicts, and other globalization problems, their contributions continue to provide modern scholars and thinkers with the most basic questions and insights into the current world problems (Swift, 2014). For example, economists may not read or study the works of Adam Smith. However, the contributions of Adam Smith still provide insight into modern economic problems. Scholars continue to use the questions that Adams asked to provide insight into the answers for the contemporary economic challenges.

Additionally, through the past great thinkers, political philosophy has provided doctrines that have remained constitutive of our most basic attitude and outlook. In all fields including law, politics, economics, and other social science related fields, the works of the past great thinkers have provided a repository of permanent or fundamental questions that modern scholars or political scientists continue to rely on (Miller, 2003). The questions asked by the past great thinkers have not provided answers to the modern world problems, but they continue to impress and create the form of authority that political scientists use to develop solutions to their problems.

In conclusion, political philosophy continues to provide answers to the problems related to justice, rights, and liberty in the modern world. It helps modern scholars to understand that there is no sufficient answer to a question, but to use the doctrines of the past great thinkers to formulate solutions to the world problems.

My references in this page.

   Miller, D. (2003). Political philosophy: A very short introduction (Vol. 97). Oxford University Press. Swift, A. (2014). Political philosophy: A beginners’ guide for students and politicians.