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 Social Contract
Theory

Philosopher’s associated with S.T.

Thomas Hobbes
John Lock
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)

 All general rights follow from a right to liberty

 Others shouldn’t interfere with me

 Central idea : government are rational

 Life in the state of nature would be “solitary ,

nasty , poor , brutish , and short
Hobbes’s state of nature

 Equality of ability

 Equality of hope

 Conflict ( most goods are private )

 War

 Poverty

 To escape this , we’d agree to a government

John Lock (1632-1704)

 Rationally justifies government

 But also limits its authority

 Your right to execute the law of nature

 Impartial judgment

 Rights to life , health , liberty and property are

natural --- you have them the state of nature
Locke’s state of nature

 Equality of and jurisdiction

 Liberty not license

 Law of nature : no one ought to harm another is

his life , health , liberty or possessions

 Not a state of a war

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)

 The social contract justifies government but

limits it

The limit is established by the general will (

common good )

 You give up everything willingly to the group

 Force --> Right

Possession --> Property
 Summarize
Hobbes Rousseau Locke
Man is “evil” a wolf unto “Man is born free but Man possesses perfect
his fellow everywhere he is in liberty
Chains”
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