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    Carole Pateman’s The Sexual Contract digs deep into contract theory and the issues that arise from relationships created by contract. Pateman hones her focus on the slavery, marriage, employment, prostitution contracts. The main issue at stake is that “the original contract is a social-sexual pact.” (1) The simultaneous inclusion and exclusion of women from civil society lays in the suppression of the sexual contract. Political right becomes “patriarchal or [male] sex-right.” (1) Through…

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    Social Contract Theory and the Motive to Be Moral One idea that we encounter on a daily basis, is morality. There are many reasons and theories of morality and everyone is entitled to their own thoughts and beliefs. I will be discussing the Social Contract Theory. The Social Contract Theory, is “as old as philosophy itself” (IEP, para 1). The concept of this theory is that a group of people come together and agree on terms which they must follow. In doing so, each person must give up his or…

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    The social contract, which is agreed upon by the majority of the citizens is based on the general will of the people, that aims for the common good of each individual in the state. It aims at structuring the state, so that people can live in a civilized society as well as pleasing each individual. However it also intends to create rules and laws, which construct a safe and secure environment for the citizens of the said state. Thus it is based on laws rather than power. Being a part of this…

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    discussion, and in doing so bring up some contrasting ideas concerning human nature and "the social contract." What is the "social contract," some may ask. It is not so much a concrete principle or tangible piece of paper as an idea or a theory, introduced by Hobbes and Locke in such a way as the agreement that we make when we ask to be governed; or ask for governance. To further understand the social contract theory, you must start by analyzing how humans act towards one another in a…

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    give an assessment on the social contract hypothesis of John Locke and how these qualities relate to the consistency of the criminal equity framework and private settings. This exposition will examine regardless of whether the qualities and standards will apply to both scenes. This paper will likewise incorporate a synopsis of the real contrasts of the social contract speculations. This article will give a dialog of the key guideline connected with Locke 's social contract hypothesis; it will…

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    such a condition, every man has a Right to every thing; even to one anothers body. And therefore, as long as this natural Right of every man to everything endureth, there can be no security by any man,” (Hobbes, 190). Therefore the need for a social contract theory, in this theory, men are naturally self-interested; furthermore, rational, thus choosing to submit to the political authority (i.e. the Sovereign) in order to live peacefully in a civil society. Hobbes emphasizes a universal freedom;…

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    2b) Hobbes' social contract hypothesis serves twofold obligation: as a political hypothesis that legitimizes the presence of an administration and an ethical hypothesis that determines our ethical commitments. As a political hypothesis, Hobbes' social contract hypothesis keeps up that legislatures are the manifestations of individuals, and not the manifestations of God. The total avocation for an administration's presence is its part as preserver of the peace. In any case, despite the fact that…

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    “Human sensibility is the basis of the social contract,” says a key point from Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s On the Social Contract. Multiple times, Rousseau brings up the nature of human beings running on the assumption that both the people and its leader will do the right thing. He brings it up when it’s about governing, when it’s about places and statuses within a family, when it’s about slavery. That’s a lot of loaded topics, coming from a white man. Let’s see if it holds up. At first, Rousseau…

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    Hobbes and Rousseau both go into great depth regarding how humans come together to form the social contract. This social contract ultimately leads to civil society. The two both contain similarities and also apparent differences on topics such as: the state of nature, human nature, the establishment and powers a sovereign possess, and rights gained and taken away after the social contract. Also, one can easily compare either of these philosophers to more modern day philosophers, including Peter…

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    INTRODUCTION After the period of political disintegration culminating in the English Civil war, Thomas Hobbes espoused the theory of social contract which instigated disparate reactions and profoundly impacted the political philosophy of his time. In Leviathan, believing that a system devoid of government is systematically prone to dissolution into a devastating condition of war, he unified the concepts of civil polity under governance of an undivided and absolute sovereign and the laws of…

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