On Social Contract

Authors

  • Gabriela Ratulea

Keywords:

social contract, morality, rights, natural law, raison

Abstract

Social contract theory is the view that morality is founded solely on uniform social agreements that serve the best interests of those who make the agreement. Historically, social contract theory is an outgrowth of natural law theory, specifically the theories of Hugo Grotius and Samuel von Pufendorf.

Author Biography

Gabriela Ratulea

Dept. of Sociology-Philosophy

Published

2008-06-05

Issue

Vol. 14(49) (2007)

Section

SOCIOLOGY

License

Copyright (c) 2007 Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VII: Social Sciences • Law

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