19TH CENTURY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL POLICY AS A MEANS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION
https://doi.org/10.18384/2224-0209-2025-4-1617
Abstract
Aim. The article evaluates how political philosophy influences the formation of social policy.
Methodology. The views of liberals, conservatives and socialists on the nature of social conflicts and social policy as a means of conflict resolution are analyzed.
Results. Three models of social conflict resolution are identified and characterized, depending on ideology of authors. According to liberal thinkers, conflicts occur between atomic subjects over property, and the role of the state in their prevention is to protect market mechanisms, promote self-reliance and provide only minimal support. According to conservative authors, conflicts are associated with the failure of members of society to fulfill their duties in accordance with their status. The role of the state is to maintain the conditions for the work of corporations that provide for their employees. For socialist thinkers, conflicts are associated with inequality, which is minimized with the help of state redistribution or changes in property relations.
Research implications. The article points out that the attitude to the nature and abilities of man and the preferred values determine the proposed solutions for social problems and the principles of the social policy organization.
About the Author
Vadim A. Podolskiy
Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Senior Researcher, Department of History of Political Philosophy
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