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Social contract   /sˈoʊʃəl kˈɑntrˌækt/   Listen
Social contract

noun
1.
An implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection.





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"Social contract" Quotes from Famous Books



... receive the same treatment. The doctrine of the "social contract" formulated by Hobbes and made current by Rousseau can no longer be accepted as a true account of the origin of society. Jean-Jacques is in fact a supreme case—perhaps even a slight caricature—of the way in which formal creeds bolster up passionate wants. I quote ...
— A Preface to Politics • Walter Lippmann


Words linked to "Social contract" :   accord, agreement


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