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Social contract theory

Michael H. Lessnoff

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Human association and politics, Johannes Althusius war, peace and sovereignty, Thomas Hobbes the state as the outcome of two contracts, Samuel Pufendorf natural rights and civil society, John Locke the social contract and the general will, Jean-Jacques Rousseau social contract as an idea of reason, Immanuel Kant contractarian justice, John Rawls constitutional contract and continuing contract, James Buchanan the balance between rights individually held and rights collectively held, James Coleman justice as social choice, David Gauthier a contractarian view of respect for persons, B.J.Diggs.

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Key concepts: Social contract, Law, Sovereignty, State of nature, State (computer science), Law and economics, Politics, Natural law