Difference between revisions of "Social contract"

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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.
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-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]]