ABSTRACT
Changes in the social process are changes in the conditions of life, in the organization of reproduction, production and distribution and in the ways people experience and conceptualize their lives. It may be a vague feeling of personal frustration, or a firm commitment to some theoretical analysis. Social philosophy is about the fundamental issues on which political programmes divide: it is about what the principles of social life ought to be and why. When discussions between, liberals and socialists, or between communists and the new left, or between socialists and feminists, are pushed beyond surface polemics, or debates about tactics, they become discussions of social philosophy. It is impossible to understand the social philosophies of today without knowledge of their roots both in the organization of present societies and in the social philosophies of the past. Social philosophy gives an account of several highly influential systems of social philosophy which serve as landmarks for the orientation of modern discussions.
