Social Contract And Popular Sovereignty
The social contracts stems from individuals coming together to form a sort of agreement to, which is central in making a society. Not only form a society but to make it a better place. Law, State and the constitution are all by-products of society; here we see the stepping-stone from people being people, to it becoming sovereign. All theories conclude that people make this social contract for protection of their being and also their property. They all conclude that the state of nature at one point or another becomes that of war, thus leading individuals to want to come together to find a common state and even peace, resulting in our leaving from the sate of nature. Social Contract Through Hobbes’, …show more content…
He believed that the state of nature was one of free will, of equality, and of total freedom; within its boundaries. While this idea was one of perfection it was also had its counterpart. “But though men when they enter into society give up the equality, liberty, and executive power they had in the state of Nature into the hands of the society, to be so far disposed of by the legislative as the good of the society shall require, yet it being only with an intention in every one the better to preserve himself, his liberty and property” (Locke, Para 131). Locke believes there would always be war as long as there is man to declare it. Turning war into a never-ending cycle, due to the lack of civil authority in the state of nature. Thus leading individuals to create social contracts again for peace and protection of property. Not giving up their free will or rights. Locke believes the law of nature of still bound here. That the state exists solely to do what nature couldn’t and that is to uphold and protect natural rights of men. That if these law or the people are taken advantage of, society is free to leave this sovereign go back into the state of nature to create another in its
The social contracts stems from individuals coming together to form a sort of agreement to, which is central in making a society. Not only form a society but to make it a better place. Law, State and the constitution are all by-products of society; here we see the stepping-stone from people being people, to it becoming sovereign. All theories conclude that people make this social contract for protection of their being and also their property. They all conclude that the state of nature at one point or another becomes that of war, thus leading individuals to want to come together to find a common state and even peace, resulting in our leaving from the sate of nature. Social Contract Through Hobbes’, …show more content…
He believed that the state of nature was one of free will, of equality, and of total freedom; within its boundaries. While this idea was one of perfection it was also had its counterpart. “But though men when they enter into society give up the equality, liberty, and executive power they had in the state of Nature into the hands of the society, to be so far disposed of by the legislative as the good of the society shall require, yet it being only with an intention in every one the better to preserve himself, his liberty and property” (Locke, Para 131). Locke believes there would always be war as long as there is man to declare it. Turning war into a never-ending cycle, due to the lack of civil authority in the state of nature. Thus leading individuals to create social contracts again for peace and protection of property. Not giving up their free will or rights. Locke believes the law of nature of still bound here. That the state exists solely to do what nature couldn’t and that is to uphold and protect natural rights of men. That if these law or the people are taken advantage of, society is free to leave this sovereign go back into the state of nature to create another in its