Political Philosophy

Named arguments and positions that concern the justified use of political power, the limits of state authority over the individual, and the legitimacy of social and distributive arrangements: the harm principle as John Stuart Mill's case that the state may restrict individual liberty only to prevent harm to others. Belongs here: a formulated argument or named position whose target question is what makes political authority, law or a social arrangement legitimate. Does not belong here: an argument about right action or value in general rather than the specific question of political authority or the state, grouped under Ethics instead.