Social contract - Wikipedia - 20 views
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Carolyn Eccleston on 25 Oct 16What does this mean?
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Locke believed
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Rousseau believed
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Grotius posited that individual human beings had natural rights; Hobbes asserted that humans consent to abdicate their rights in favor of the absolute authority of government
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The Lockean concept of the social contract was invoked in the United States Declaration of Independence.
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Social contract arguments typically posit that individuals have consented, either explicitly or tacitly, to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority of the ruler or magistrate
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What does it mean to submit tacitly? Does the US Declaration of Independence require tacit submission?
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legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual
