I hear people talking about a social contract all the time. Usually in the context of some authoritarian action by the government, instituted many times by the “will” of the majority (this is really a misnomer in itself, since the majority doesn’t participate in the process). I have referred to this...
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IrishOutlaw
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IrishOutlaw
on Fri, Mar 14 2008
Filed under: rousseau, locke, lincoln, natural law, social contract, bakunin