The answers given by ethics determine how man should treat other men, and this
determines the fourth branch of philosophy: politics, which defines the
principles of a proper social system. As an example of philosophy's function,
political philosophy will not tell you how much rationed gas you should be
given and on which day of the week—it will tell you whether the government has
the right to impose any rationing on anything.
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