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social contract
[ soh-shuhl kon-trakt ]
noun
- the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.
- an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual or group and the government or community as a whole.
social contract
noun
- (in the theories of Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, and others) an agreement, entered into by individuals, that results in the formation of the state or of organized society, the prime motive being the desire for protection, which entails the surrender of some or all personal liberties
Word History and Origins
Origin of social contract1
Example Sentences
Recidivism is part of the social contract in this society of freedom and justice for all.
My point, of course, is that a democratic Jewish state is a social contract in the Hebrew language—no more, no less.
As he puts it: “The social contract established during the New Deal era was on the line.”
But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.
Instead, he began talking about John Rawls and John Locke, a social contract between the government and the governed.
I am to be introduced to the greatest sower of ideas of the century, the author of the Social Contract, Rousseau.
The aristocracy encouraged dissertations on the social contract, the rights of man, and the equality of citizens.
When he wrote of the Social Contract, he did so rather to excuse breaches of the covenant than to emphasize its necessity.
I only ask you to admit that if such things fall below the comfort of barbarism, the social contract is annulled.
He had set fire to the building in accordance with the strict principles of the social contract.
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