An invention of political philosophers, the social contract or social compact theory was not meant as a historical account of the origin of government, but the theory was taken literally in …

2025年2月13日 · Social contract, in political philosophy, an actual or hypothetical compact, or agreement, between the ruled and their rulers, defining the rights and duties of each. The most …

In 1651 the social compact received a new and unexpected turn from the powerful intelligence of Hobbes, the skeptic.

In moral and political philosophy, the social contract is an idea, theory, or model that usually, although not always, concerns the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual. [1] .

The Social Contract, major work of political philosophy by the Swiss-born French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78). Du Contrat social (1762; The Social Contract) is …

2021年12月4日 · In a Social Compact, members of the Compact (often referred to as citizens), directly or indirectly agree to exchange or relinquish certain freedoms to obtain the benefits of …

What is a Social Compact? A Social Compact is an implicit agreement between the Government and the people on the roles and responsibilities each plays, so that together we can shape the …

(Philosophy) (in the theories of Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, and others) an agreement, entered into by individuals, that results in the formation of the state or of organized society, the prime …

Filtering out the inessentials, we’ll find that the social compact comes down to this: ’Each of us puts his person and all his power in common under the supreme direction of the general will, …

Social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons’ moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the …