Abstract
Every political ideology has a distinct conception of various aspects of human
life such as reason, purpose of life, free-will, liberty, freedom, autonomy,
democracy, sovereignty and moral rights and obligations of the citizen. But
the fundamental purpose of a political ideology is to define the purpose of the
state and its role in providing a political system to its citizen in which
individuals can live their social and political life according to the moral
values and ethical principles of that political ideology. This paper only
elucidates the purpose of the state according to ancient, Liberal, Marxist and
Feminist standpoints. To understand the viewpoint of each political ideology,
it is necessary to understand the political thought of its founders. It is pertinent
to mention that all political thinkers have one ultimate aim in describing the
purpose of the state which is the "ultimate good" of the citizen though they
may differ with each other. The viewpoint of one ideology about the purpose of
the state may be at odds with another ideology. For example, liberals demand
freedom and equality while accepting the capitalist state but Marxist reject the
capitalist state in totality, however they also demand freedom and equality of
man. Hence, all these political ideologies of these great political thinkers
have developed into political movements and later into the formation of
political parties which resulted in the modern day civic political system.
Authors
1-Waseem Khan Demonstrator (Research Associate), University of Swabi, Swabi, Pakistan.2-Sana Hussan Research Coordinator at HDS, Mardan, Pakistan.3-Bushra Qureshi Independent Researcher at NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Keywords
State, Plato, Modern State, Freedom, Political Ideology, Feminist
DOI Number
10.31703/gssr.2016(I-I).06
Page Nos
77-84
Volume & Issue
I - I
