social contract, or compact
- social contract, or compact
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Black's law dictionary.
HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A..
1990.
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social contract — social contract, or compact In political philosophy, a term applied to the theory of the origin of society associated chiefly with the names of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, though it can be traced back to the Greek Sophists. Rousseau (Contract… … Black's law dictionary
social contract — (also social compact) ► NOUN ▪ an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for mutual benefit, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection … English terms dictionary
social contract — or social compact n. in the theories of certain political philosophers, as Locke and Rousseau, the agreement among individuals uniting for various reasons, by which organized society was begun and sets of regulations were instituted to govern… … English World dictionary
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social contract — noun an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑agreement, ↑accord * * * ˌsocial ˈcontract 7 [social contract] ( … Useful english dictionary
social contract — (also social compact) noun an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for mutual social benefit, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection … English new terms dictionary
social contract — /soʊʃəl ˈkɒntrækt/ (say sohshuhl kontrakt) noun 1. Also, social compact. an implicit agreement among the members of a society in which individuals cooperate for mutual social benefit, as by sacrificing certain personal liberties in exchange for… …
social compact — social contract, or compact In political philosophy, a term applied to the theory of the origin of society associated chiefly with the names of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, though it can be traced back to the Greek Sophists. Rousseau (Contract… … Black's law dictionary
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