Key Concepts in Political Philosophy and Governance

Political Philosophy

Political philosophy's primary objective must be rational. The state must be devoted to studying political phenomena as they are. Its purpose is to establish how they should be to become righteous.

Domain

Domain is the capacity that an individual or group of individuals can have to impose their will on others.

Political Power

Political power is when some individuals or groups of individuals, intending to organize tasks, perform the task of directing the actions of members of the group or society. They make decisions that affect the entire community and even exercise some control over others, thereby forcing all members of the community to follow their guidelines and instructions.

State

State is a socio-political organization whose main elements are a territory, a government, a population, and laws.

Legitimacy

Legitimacy is the recognition and acceptance that political power can act violently on behalf of the community only under certain conditions and subject to different forms of control.

Monarchy

Monarchy is a form of political organization in which an individual exercises dominion over many. The ruler is called a monarch or king.

Aristocracy

Aristocracy is a term from the Greek *aristoi*, meaning "the best." They may exercise power in political organizations.

Oligarchy

Oligarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is in the hands of a few people.

Tyranny

Tyranny is a form of government in which the ruler exercises absolute power, not limited by laws, especially when obtained by illegal means.

Democracy

Democracy is the political system in which the people freely choose those who govern them.

Charisma

Charisma is a quality or gift in a person to attract others by their presence or their speech.

Legality

Legality is the quality of what is legal or conforms to what the law provides.

Tradition

Tradition is the set of cultural property inherited from an earlier generation, deemed valuable, and transmitted to the next.

Civil Society

Civil Society refers to the diversity of people with the rank of citizens who generally act collectively to make decisions in the public sphere of concern to any citizen outside the government structures.

Rule of Law

Rule of law is that state where its authorities are governed, remain, and are subject to a law in force in what is known as a formal rule of law.