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A '''social contract''' is an implied agreement between people and their government, whereby the people give up some rights to government in exchange for protection.  The [[Enlightenment]] developed this concept of a social contract.

A '''social contract''' is an implied agreement between people and their [[government]], whereby the people give up some [[rights]] to government in exchange for protection.  The [[Enlightenment]] developed this concept of a social contract.

This concept was used by the Founders of the United States to declare that the ruler (the king) had broken the "contract" and therefore independence is justified.

This concept was used by the [[Founders]] of the [[United States]] to declare that the ruler (the [[king]]) had broken the "contract" and therefore independence is justified.

[[Category:Philosophy]]

[[Category:Philosophy]]