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Rousseau’s response to the problem is to define civil society as an artificial person united by a general will, or volonté générale. The social contract that brings society into being is a pledge, and the society remains in being as a pledged group. Rousseau’s republic is a creation of the general will—of a will that never falters in ...
27 ago 2023 · Similarly, the “liberal individual” conceptualized by a society with a social contract tends to see that individual in economic terms – the ‘economic man’. We see this, for example, in laws that gave men the right to property ownership, and upholds men as the powerful entities in legal and economic institutions.
17 mar 2022 · Contemporary theory of social contract was established in the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries. According to theorists such as Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, a social contract forms the foundation for a non-clan- or non-ethnic-based society. It provides for institutions of governance and in most instances ensures some form of the rule of law.
10 ott 2023 · Implications. Douglas C. Youvan. doug@youvan.com. October 10, 2023. The concept of the social contract, a foundational principle in. political philosophy, describes the tacit agreement among ...
13 apr 2023 · Elective home education has become an international trend characterized by considerable public controversy and much legal fragmentation. Issues related to whether it should be permitted and how it should be monitored are currently being debated in many countries.
1 apr 2002 · Most advocates of a social contract approach take a sharp intake of breath at this point, and say that the contract is a hypothetical device, designed to show what we would agree to if we were in a certain position. But the problem with this approach is – as one eminent objector puts it – ‘hypothetical agreements aren’t worth the paper ...
