Political Science · Western Political Thought
Who among the following political thinkers are generally regarded as the founders of the philosophical approach?
APlato and Aristotle ✓ Correct
BHobbes, Locke, Rousseau
CJeremy Bentham and J.S. Mill
DKant and Hegel
Correct answer: (A) Plato and Aristotle — Plato and Aristotle are regarded as founders of the philosophical approach, so the answer is Plato and Aristotle.
Explanation
★Plato and Aristotle are regarded as founders of the philosophical approach, so the answer is Plato and Aristotle.
★The philosophical approach asks normative questions about the best state and the good life.
★It seeks the ideal, the just and the ought, not merely the facts of politics.
★Plato's Republic builds an ideal state founded on the idea of justice.
★Aristotle's Politics inquires into the best constitution and the ends of the state.
★Together they set the agenda of value-based political philosophy for centuries.
★The later thinkers listed developed contractual, utilitarian and idealist approaches instead.
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