- Anarchist tradition(as used in political philosophy)
- A school of political thought arguing that society would be better off without government or state authority, relying instead on voluntary cooperation and mutual aid.
- Kropotkin(as a historical reference)
- A Russian prince and anarchist philosopher (1842-1921) who argued that humans are naturally cooperative and that society doesn't need government to function.
- Methodological starting point(as used in philosophical methodology)
- A basic assumption you begin with when doing research or analysis, treated as given rather than something that needs to be proven or explained.
- Monopoly on legitimate punishment(as used in political philosophy)
- The state's exclusive claim that it alone has the right to punish people—a power that belongs only to government, not to individuals or other groups.
- Pluralist tradition(as used in political philosophy)
- A philosophical approach that believes power, authority, and truth are best distributed among many different groups rather than concentrated in one place.
- Substantive philosophical thesis(as used in philosophical methodology)
- A real claim about how the world actually is or should be, rather than just a neutral starting assumption or rule of method.
- Wolff(as the subject of the statement)
- Christian Wolff was an 18th-century German philosopher who believed that human reason alone could figure out fundamental truths about reality, without needing to rely on experience or observation.