IWillBuildTheRoads

philosophy vs. ideology

Haven't we seen you before? What's the difference, in ten words? Equinox ◑ 06:08, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, we talked earlier this year. In nine words: political ideology is unambiguous, while political philosophy is ambiguous. What I mean by that is that political philosophy can also refer to the philosophy of politics (questions such as "Why does government exist?") as well as someone's personal political beliefs. Wikipedia uses political philosophy in the first sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_philosophy Political ideology solely refers to one's political beliefs, although, as you mentioned, it may have a worse connotation. I no longer have a strong preference. My only preference is that Wikipedia and Wiktionary are consistent with whether is should be called a political philsophy or a political ideology. Some pages use political ideology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_liberalism https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/progressivism While Other pages use political philosophy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/libertarianism

Thanks IWillBuildTheRoads (talk) 07:13, 6 November 2016 (UTC)