Every Law Reflects A Philosophical Idea

Every political law or stance involves treating one ideology as if people should or must live under it.  There is no such thing as a political system that does not favor one worldview over others, or else there would be no laws, no vision for governmental operations, and no concern for what happens to a region.  It is folly to want a political system that prioritizes either freedom or conformity over ideology, since those themselves are ideological priorities.  People who want politics to not elevate one philosophy over another so that they can live as they please are ironically overlooking the fact that all political ideas are ultimately philosophical ideas.

Even if it is only egoism or utilitarianism on the part of rulers or relativism on the part of the governed, there is always a philosophical framework from which politicians act and from which those under them assess local, national, and global events.  Politics without emphasizing at least some philosophical ideas that are the basis of laws backed with the force of a governing body is a non-existent state of affairs.  This is far from being a negative thing.  Since all political ideas are philosophical ones and all ideas are true or false, it is only possible for true ideas to deserve to be elevated by a political body.  Untrue and assumed ideas have no authority by virtue of not being true and verifiable, so there is nothing to make them deserving of belief.

There are two primary flaws with the idea that politics is about not forcing one ideology on a population.  First, if there are moral obligations that should be codified into law, they should be translated into laws regardless of how offended or even terrified anyone is of such a thing.  Without moral obligations that should be represented in laws, there is nothing but personal preference to support a law, which is an inherently meaningless part of life.  Second, it is impossible to not have beliefs (though it is possible to have not a single erroneous or assumed belief): there is always a philosophical stance being treated as authoritative by a political system.

Only a fool would think that any political framework is at its core about something other than a belief (or set of beliefs) being acted upon as a motivation to arrange society in a certain way, discourage people from doing absolutely whatever they wish, and held up as a reflection of reality.  Only a fool would think that belief is automatically an invalid foundation for a stance on politics with ramifications for how people should live, for to believe otherwise is to believe something about politics!  Mere belief without logical proof, of course, is an unsound foundation for anything, but no belief has to take this form.  That every law reflects a philosophical idea makes it all the more vital on the level of consequences to not retreat into apathy or stupidity.