Social contract is your own morals and rules for how you act, regardless of the government’s laws. A person with good social contract will respect others perfect freedoms and natural rights. Also, they will bend their perfect freedoms and natural rights in order to create a balanced society. Someone with bad social contract will do what they want, regardless of how it effects others. Governments rely on social contract because there can’t be governmental supervision at all times, there are no laws against little immoral acts, and if there were, the government would become too controlling.
The government cannot supervise and punish people at all times. There isn’t enough manpower or time to observe everyone in a country. There will be minor “wrong” acts that occur every day that go against some people’s social contract. However, people will get away with these acts because the government won’t know they happened. For example, you would not be severely punished for yelling in a library because law enforcement wouldn’t know that you did. So, because there can’t be supervision at all times, the government needs people to have good social contract so they can somewhat govern themselves. Also, there are no laws against these small acts. …show more content…
For example, there is no law against taking your shoes off on a plane, and people will because it’s a perfect freedom. However, this will go against some people’s social contract. The government cannot punish people for harmless acts like this, so they rely on people having good social contract so they don’t offend others. Furthermore, if there were laws against these minor acts, it would create a very controlling
The government cannot supervise and punish people at all times. There isn’t enough manpower or time to observe everyone in a country. There will be minor “wrong” acts that occur every day that go against some people’s social contract. However, people will get away with these acts because the government won’t know they happened. For example, you would not be severely punished for yelling in a library because law enforcement wouldn’t know that you did. So, because there can’t be supervision at all times, the government needs people to have good social contract so they can somewhat govern themselves. Also, there are no laws against these small acts. …show more content…
For example, there is no law against taking your shoes off on a plane, and people will because it’s a perfect freedom. However, this will go against some people’s social contract. The government cannot punish people for harmless acts like this, so they rely on people having good social contract so they don’t offend others. Furthermore, if there were laws against these minor acts, it would create a very controlling